Will this laptop be good for gaming?

For my birthday, my dad bought me a Dell XPS L501X since I needed a new laptop (I'm currently using an Asus which is just TERRIBLE.). I mainly wanted a new laptop so I could game and apparently this dell has better specs than my dads dell, which my SRL can run some good games. I don't know all the specs but the important(?) ones I know are: -Intel Core i7-740QM Processor (1.73GHz, 4Core/8Threads, turbo boost up to 2.93Ghz, 6M cache) -8GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM (2 x 4GB) -NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M graphics -Waves MaxxAudio V3.0 audio enhancements -640GB 7200RPM Hard Drive

So would this laptop be able to run games fine? Or did I get the wrong type of laptop? Thanks