Dude, you must've had a LOT of time to sort this out. That, and the FPS jumps must bother you a lot! I play all gamed on my Lenovo Y500A and Skyrim is smooth enough on ultra. Most games (including BF3) are playable (30 FPS+) on highest settings...
I don't know how people can say that. When playing Tomb Raider I noticed when the fps went down to 49. It was because of those slow downs that I put the counter on the screen. Thats how I know. This is possibly a subjective thing.