CW Series Question

Hey, I recently was turned onto the Sony CW Series notebooks and am currently interested in purchasing one... until now I was very set on an Alienware but after a not-so-spectacular 15inch launch I decided it might just be better to get a decent laptop and a custom tower instead.

Basically I want my laptop to be portable and be able to play a decent amount of games. IDEALLY I would like it to run something like MW2, but I don't know how possible that is. Running at Medium settings is also ideal but if I can turn it low and I dont lag at all, its not that big a deal, it is just a laptop.

Basically what kind of processor/graphics card do I need?

I was looking at the 2.53 because I think it would fit my budget much better, but do I need that much...? And I was wondering what the graphics power on the NVIDIA 230 was...like I said, will it be able to run MW2? WoW? MW1? DragonAge?

Thanks in advance and apologies if this is the wrong section!

 

You can find more information on CW in this thread.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=427692

Although I do not own any of games you listed, I think they will run fine, especially with medium setting. Unfortunately, only game I've tried so far is Stalker is Lurk mod (which makes it more hardware-demanding than the original), and it seems to run fine with full-dynamic lightening on, with most settings (aside from AA) on high. I am on 2.53/GT230 configuration.

About CPU, I'd say 2.13 is fine for the most uses. However, the price difference between 2.53 and 2.2/2.13 is relatively small, and 2.53 supports VT - so I do think it is worthwhile to get 2.53. If you want to have retail/quickship version, then you have to settle with 2.2 or 2.13, though.