Budget Gaming Laptop

Hi-

My nephew is asking me for help on looking for a laptop so he can play his favorite games but I'm not into games. They are the following...

Star Wars Republic Commando,
Star Wars Empire At War,
Star Wars Empire At War Forces of Corruption Expansion.

His dad won't let him install them on any of their desktops because he claims it crashes them all.

His budget is probably around $700 to $1000.

He was asking me about the HP G70t which sells for $779.00.

Operating system Genuine Windows Vista Home Basic with Service Pack 1 (32-bit) edit
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor P7450 (2.13GHz) edit
Memory FREE Upgrade to 3GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm) from 1GB DDR2 System Memory (1 Dimm) edit
Hard drive FREE Upgrade to 250GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive from 160GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive edit
Graphics card 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GE edit
Display 17.0" diagonal WXGA+ High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1440 x 900) edit
Primary optical drive LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-RW with Double Layer Support edit
Personalization Microphone + Webcam edit
Networking Wireless-G Card edit
Keyboard HP Color Matching Keyboard edit
Primary battery 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery edit
Productivity software Microsoft(R) Works 9.0 edit

I had suggested possibly the MSI GX630-028US which sells for $785.

* 2.0 GHz Athlon Dual-Core Processor
* 4 GB Memory
* 250 GB Hard Drive
* Windows Vista Home Premium
* 15.4-Inch WSXGA+/WXGA ACV Display (1280X800), NVidia 9600 GT Graphics (512MB DDR3)

Would either laptop be sufficient for his games. I was thinking with the MSI he could play some new games too. Does anyone have any other suggestion for a gamin laptop in his price range?

thank you