For that price, no. Never buy a laptop off Best Buy/Circuit City etc. unless is was on sale (like the day after thanksgiving). Look into Dell Insipirions. check www.headlinedeals.com www.slickdeals.net
gaming laptop would be the dell xps pft laptops suck...unless for business, in that case, they should pay for it
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16834115225 that actually has a graphicsc ard. You will be able to play recet games on acceptable settings. not great... acceptable it is also dual core.