Is this a reasonable entry level gaming laptop?

toobacca

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I've been searching for an entry level laptop and almost settled on this one:

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Acer-Aspire-V5-473P-6459-Touchscreen-Laptop/productID.295782900

I figured I don't have time to game much anymore and this seemed like a good deal for just about everything else. Then I saw this one:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HC3498M/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2MR50PHDFQH8X&coliid=I1QYKW9EAVJH52

For another hundred bucks I get 8GB instead of 4 and a dedicated GPU.
Is this a better deal? Could I play most games at medium settings? Civ V, LOTR online, things like that. How about crysis, call of duty, that kind of more demanding game?