Bullstuff, I have a toshiba satellite and it runs battlefield 4 med settings with shaders on low. I take good care of it, and it's 4 years old. Maybe the one you had sucked cause mine has nothing wrong with it, it also has a NVidia graphics card, and the only problem I have with it is that it overheats but doesn't turn off. (Ordered a laptop cooling fan for it, and it's going to arrive on the 6th of sept)
I wasn't saying toshiba satellites cannot have good specs, but the satellite I've owned for 4 years has had the power adapter break (the part that you plug the charger into, not the charger itself), the hinges break the plastic casing covering them, it's lost multiple screws, and the whole body bends now if it's not on a flat surface. As you can probably guess I don't use it any more, but I used to use it quite a bit. I wasn't rough with it at all, just regular wear and tear ended up breaking it like that. I'm sure if you just leave your laptop on your desk or wherever most of the time you won't run into these problems, but I would carry it around regularly.
