Gaming on a $1000 laptop

Its awesome really. I couldn't record with FRAPS because the game would crash at the menu. Min FPS: 4 Average: 10 Max: 12 Max in menu: 25-28 Settings everything on low. -dxlevel 81 640x480 Specs: i5 430m @ 2.27 ghz 4gb ddr3 ram intel GMA HD 17mb of vram windows 7 home All for 1k :'(