It gets the job done. I use 75-90% of it when playing a system-straining game.
Not too bad then, never used one so was curious. Current laptop has a Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad QX9300 @ 2.53 GHz. Previous laptop was a Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 @ 2.0 GHz. Last one was decent, current one is an absolute beast.
I do most of my gaming on this. Actually, practically all of it. It runs games like Project Reality with no problem on higher graphics settings.
Picked it up for 600-or-so dollars about a year ago. Forget exactly how much.
How is the Turion? Always heard their dogs compared to the Intel mobile processors.