Is it only worth buying an alienware laptop maxed?

Im in a bit of a bind. I dont have much money but I really want that alienware m71x laptop. The bad thing I only heard that it performs good with it maxed, not just regular. what do you think? This is for gaming of course.

REGULAR
PROCESSORIntel® Core™2 Duo P8600 2.4GHz (3MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB)

OPERATING SYSTEMWindows Vista Home Premium (64 bit) + Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade Coupon

VIDEO CARDSingle NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 260M, 1GB

LCD PANEL17-inch WideXGA+ 1440x900 (900p)

MEMORY4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1066MHz

HARD DRIVE250GB 7,200RPM w/ Free Fall Protection

INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVESlot-Load Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD+-RW, CD-RW)

WARRANTY AND SERVICE1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis

MAXED OUT
PROCESSORIntel® Core™2 Extreme Quad QX9300 2.53GHz (12MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB)

OPERATING SYSTEMWindows Vista Ultimate (64 bit) + Windows 7 Ultimate Upgrade Coupon

VIDEO CARDDual NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 280M, 2GB – SLI® Enabled

LCD PANEL17-inch WideUXGA 1920x1200 (1200p)

MEMORY8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz

HARD DRIVE256GB Solid State Drive

INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVESlot-Load Dual Layer Blu-ray Combo (BR-ROM, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)

WARRANTY AND SERVICE1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis

What do you think? Will the regular run my games well? I dont want TF2 or Left 4 Dead lagging on me or anything. What about Crysis?

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