Gaming laptop

1_What is your budget?
USD2.5k

2_What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
I don't care
3_What screen resolution do you want?
/shrug
4_Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Desktop replacement
5_How much battery life do you need?
3hr? (not committed)
6_Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?
Dragon Age: origins High and/or Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising on high settings
7_What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing, surfing the web, playing music, watching movies, Etc.)
Surfing and watching blu ray movies
8_How much storage (H.D.D Capacity) do you need?
500gb
9_If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post the links to them.
None
10_How long do you want to keep your laptop?
2-3 years
11_If you would like to mention some other things about purchasing your ideal laptop, post them.
None
12_Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
I predict I'm going to be on the road a lot so I might want to get laptop over a desktop but I don't know much about Laptop or what's a good deal.
13_What country do you live in?
USA

^My only question here is how intensive are those games?

Yeah, the NP9850 fits into his budget, but does he need all that or can he get away with a cheaper and smaller Asus or NP8660 with a GTX260 instead?