I would think it's a good card. My friend has an 8600M GT in his laptop and it performs very well. I'm not sure how laptop graphics compare to desktop graphics but I would assume the 9700M would be a very good card, since the 9600GT is a much better card than the 8600GT. Someone will correct me on this though, haha I'm not too sure abot laptop graphics. Definitely worth looking at that laptop though.