Just make sure he sets it to use the nVidia graphics. I was jamming it with everything set on low as it was using the onboard intel graphics (which surprisingly ran on low with view distance turned up a bit). I was stoked it actually ran. Then i fiddled with settings, started Skyrim again and it recommended High settings. Needless to say i had a new found love with the laptop

. Its quite a bloody monster

. Started turning up the graphics some more, eventually just hit the Ultra setting and its works great!