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how well would this computer handle newer games?

Components • Upgrade to Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (64-bit) • Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo Processor T5750 (2.0 GHz) • 17.0" diagonal WXGA+ High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1440 x 900) • 2GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm) • 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS • HP Imprint Finish (Radiance) + Microphone • Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Network Connection • 250GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive • LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-RW with Double Layer Support • No TV Tuner w/remote control • 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery • Microsoft(R) Works 9.0 Accessories Printers

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Not very well as laptops do not handle gaming well. Get a desktop.
appaulingly it's awful slow videocard, slow ram, Low res screen, slow hard drive i'v always hated HP
everything is good except Graphic card especially because it is GS edition, you should replace your graphic card and add at list GB of extra RAM memory and it should work without any problems
Not very good, when it comes to games all you need to rely on is the gfx card, you could have an old p4 and it would run just as fine. just put it this way, you could run crysis on everything low..im not saying every game u play with be good but the 256m will slow u down if you use more then 1024x768 maybe a little higher but if you do I would have everything low
It should work fine not so much the best but still pretty good. :)
You don't need a 64-bit Vista unless you have more than 3gb of ram (you only have 2). So you can downgrade to 32-bit vista (or get 4gb RAM)
it will do well, though if you could get the 8600m version of that would be better i have the 7950gtx, 2gb ram, 2.33ghz and 200Gb hard disk and it plays games very well (bioshock, flight sim X, GRAW2, Gears of wAr etc)