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Have you run a memory diagnostic to see if memory is what the problem is?

 

Have you checked to make sure you arent using up too much of the cpu at once? Or that your graphics card can handle the games you're running?

 

Ok. Only other thing I can think of off the top of my head is to check canitrunit.com for compatabology to see if you can run far cry. It should tell you, if you cant, what's lacking.

 

I know how to fix this!

Spoiler: Solution

Get outa your house & go make some money for a new laptop c:

 

8 GB of RAM should be enough for any game, especially because games mainly use the dedicated GDDR of the graphics card (with 6 GB, there is also enough of that). Unless you want to game with 30 tabs in Chrome in the background, it won't change the performance.
I don't know much about this dual graphics setup (Onboard graphics for lightweight tasks, dedicated graphics card for games), but is it possible that it did not switch to the GTX960M for games? The integrated intel graphics would of course struggle with actual games.

 

I can help you with that, You got windows?

 

Pretty sure this is how set NVIDIA as your standard https://gyazo.com/2c301d142c4f2beae8f6760de5c1c948 And if that doesn't work you can always do this https://gyazo.com/b6e2f9a76b7c2ceb4f1a0e24b915639f. Hope this helped.

 

Why are you upgrading a laptop mobile CPU? Did you check to make sure it was a CPU bottleneck, and not a GPU one? Does your laptop easily open so that you can take out your CPU? Honestly, upgrading a laptop part sounds too painful even if you know what you're doing.

 

Look at usage in task manager while running a game with your 960M on. Is your CPU running at 100% when running a game, or is it less than 100%?

-> Less than 95-100%: That's a GPU bottleneck, and upgrading the CPU will do next to nothing for games.

-> At 95+% consistently: That's a CPU bottleneck. Your option may be worth it depending on pricing, or it might be best to consider investing in a new computer.

Try this out with multiple games, as some are more heavy on the CPU than others. Here are some benchmarks to also look at. Is your performance similar to those people, or not? If it is similar, it's just your parts are outdated.

edit: with the prices (1 and 2) those mobile CPUs you wanted have, you can easily build a high quality gaming PC.

 

Mobile CPUs have an insanely high premium attached to them because people don't upgrade laptops. Here is how your $800 laptop CPU compares to a desktop $300 CPU.