I bought this laptop last fall for work after exhaustive searching for a workstation laptop that can run CAD but also some games. This laptops performance has surprised me a LOT. Its plenty fast.
The only disappointing feature is the display response time. It is SLOW. Any sort of fast paced games like fps can be PLAYABLE, but you will not be competitive. I always hook the laptop to an external display to play games. Otherwise the display works fine and is bright enough.