Is your dual core processor 2 gigs each? If it is then your laptop is better than mine (mines only dual core 1.7Ghz each) but I can run Med 2 on medium- low quite smoothly. Well you may want to consider removing shadows and bloom effects and water reflections as they help increase performance a lot. And what about your video card, how much Video memory does it have? At least 128 or 256 is needed. I currently use a Mobility Radeon X1400 with 512 memory. I dunno , hope this helps.