Unfortunately you won't be able to get the best of both worlds for a 2k budget, so its either a better CPU (for work) or a better GPU (for play):
For work:
Lenovo G470, i5-2410M + Intel HD3000@RM1999
Acer Aspire 4750, i5-2410M + Intel HD3000@RM1999[2.3kg]

For play:
A43Sj, i3-2310M + Nvidia GT520M@RM1999[2.44kg], Colors:Red/Blue/Pink/Green/Gold/Black
Pavilion G4, i3-2310M + AMD HD6470@RM1999
Acer Aspire 4743ZG, P6200 + Nvidia GT520M@RM1749[2.25kg], 3 years local limited warranty

if you can up the budget a bit, then these:

MSI FX420, i5-2410M + AMD HD6470@RM2099, FreeDOS/RM2299(W7HP), 3 years warranty
Acer Aspire 4750G, i5-2410M + Nvidia GT 520@RM2199[2.3kg], 3 years local limited warranty

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Added on May 30, 2011, 9:52 pm

Do take a look at HP DV6 or Asus N53SN (if you can find one since its EOL-ed already)  These 2 are better in terms of GPU compared to the 5750g
Those equivalent to the 5750g would be the Asus N53Sv, Lenovo Y560P, MSI GE620 and Dell XPS 15  You might wanna take at those as well before making your final decision  :

Well, it depends on what you want 
If you emphasize more on gaming performance, then HP DV6/ Asus N53Sn....
If warranty, flexibility and multimedia, then Dell XPS 15 (But you should extend the warranty)
If bang for buck, Acer 5750g, Asus A53Sv, N53Sv

Personally I don't think there's such a thing as being overpriced 
Most people say laptops are overpriced because they only look at the CPU and GPU 

All Sandy Bridge associated chipset issues had been fixed (quite some time ago) lol 
No worries there~
Yeap, no problems handling high settings, but you might want to get a decent cooler pad to further increase the cooling efficiency 
Review (seems quite hot):  http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Acer-A...ok.46094.0.html

It depends on which category of the hardware you're referring to

Grats on your purchase 
Remember the revised version is blue in color one yo