Does playing a game on my laptop make my laptop generally run slower?

Hi
I have some solution which i describe below:

1) In your system max out the ram to as much a your laptop will hold,
2) In windows go to run and type in msconfig under here disable some of the programs that run in the back ground at any given time, like virus scanners, IM programs, etc.\
3) turn off power saving mode,
4) try playing at lower resolutions,
5) Make sure that your prefetch is set to a higher number,
6) new drivers for you graphics chip set,

I hope that these 6 things can help solve your problem.