Advice on buying a 15'-16' screen laptop for general use an some games

DavidW31

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hi
i want to buy asus N53SN with:
Intel® Core™ i7 2630QM
640GB 5400rpm
Super-Multi DVD

the laptop will be used mainly for web surfing/office 2010 and ameteur video/photo editing
i want also to play civilization 5 and the wither 2 on extarnal 22 monitor
will the GPU able to run those games on low/medium setting with a playable frame rate?
are there a better laptops to buy ~1000$ ?
thx