What about my laptop?

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Wow, I'm no expert but I think you deserve more, I could most probably be wrong tho.

That's pretty normal, you can't expect best quality of modern games if you are playing on mid-end laptop.

Very few laptops are 'good' for gaming and even fewer remain 'good' for more than a year. Unfortunately desktops are just that much more powerful and come with the added bonus that they're easy to upgrade (new graphics card, more memory, no problem).

It's not normal. My PC is a lot weaker than that, but can run Dota 2 at high FPS (low settings, 1920x1080).

No, that laptop isn't good for gaming if you're playing on low.

Can you verify that the games involved are actually using your GT 525m instead of the integrated HD3000 on your CPU? You installed the latest GPU drivers for your 525m?

you only have 3Gb of RAM?
it's better to have at least 4gb or ram and if you want to be set for a few years it's 8.

Checked a review of the 17" version of this system, and you should be getting better performance. Maybe the 15" is too packed and experiences throttling, but I'm guessing the laptop is a couple of months old, so maybe there got a lot of dust in there. When you're gaming, make sure you're doing it on a hard surface, because blankets can block the intake, which will overheat the GPU and CPU very quickly, because you're basically shutting off the cooling. You can compare your results with results here and if you're getting significantly lower results, you should check your cooling first and then contact Dell, because it could be a manufacturing problem.

Also, you're laptop is definitely good for gaming, but don't expect high settings or 1080p resolution, or to play super intense games like Crysis 3 or The Witcher 2. On lower settings, however, it should handle stuff decently

EDIT: Some people are suggesting that it's using the HD3000 built in GPU, which actually makes a lot of sense. Checked the performance levels and they match your description. Google for a similar problem with Nvidia Optimus, maybe it's some power saving mode.

I got the same cpu, but my graphics card is a GT 540M. I get 40-50 fps on average with high settings for most of the games I play.
Not sure if the difference between the 525M and the 540M is that great. :(

You should have more FPS in Dota 2... I have more with a tota piece of crap laptop. CS:GO and JC2 seem alright at that FPS though. You should also list the resolution you're playing at.

your games are probably defaulting to using the intel hd3000, in the nvidia control panel you can set it to use the nvidia graphics processor exclusively

add the .exe of the games to the nvidia control panel at manage 3d settings and after that select run whit high performance nvidia gpu. On my laptop i have nvidia 310m but i can play games like dota2 cs go whit no problem on medium,but i have a pc for gaming,never buy laptops for gaming...only if you have money for alienware

Not really, you should get a higher FPS than that.

Your games run automatically on integrated card.

Sounds like your 525m isnt turned on.

No very good for gaming, just buy a PC.

i stopped reading after "Dell"

It's not 'really good' for high end gaming because the GPU 525m is lower end GPU from nVidia..
But it should be able to handle Dota2 (at least medium settings), CSGO,JC 2(low to medium) pretty decently..
It might something to do with the programs you have installed that is slowing down your PC. What is your virus guard?

Thanks for advice guys. I'm playing most games on 800x600 to get a bit of fps, I have this laptop since 5 months ago. I checked out and found that it's temperature before gaming session is about 50C and after 5 minutes of gameplay it goes up to 90-95C. Can I use a vaccum cleaner to clean it from dust?