I build computers just for the hell of it.
And i know that the airflow of a laptop bottlenecks the true capabilities of any CPU or GPU regardless of how good it is.
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9400, Intel Core i5 430M, Intel Core i5 520M, Intel Core i7 720QM
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
I am not surprised you cant max just cause or atleast play above 30fps, plus the GTX 200 series, even all the GTX M chips, are known for having heating issues and would cause most games to crash once reaching a certain temp. Even a game like Team Fortress 2 which was made in 2007 would cause my friends computer to crash and he had the Desktop version of the 260.
And none of those CPUs are even categorized as a Gaming CPU which bottlenecks your gaming even further.
Dont get me wrong, your laptop is pretty good, but wouldnt be able to play any graphic heavy games, especially ones released since 2010. I myself wouldnt by a laptop especially for that price.
Now considering you spent $1300, i am going to assume you got this one.
Notebook: Asus G60JX-JX154V
Processor: Intel Core i5 520M
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M
Display: 16.0 inch, 16:9, 1366x768 pixels
Weight: 3.5kg
Price: 1100 euro
Links: Asus homepage
Asus notebook section
G60 (Series)
Max CPU speed, 2.4ghz. Cant process games for shit unless its atleast 2.8ghz and thats borderline for performance. The 360m graphics chipped basically sucked which is why Nvidia came out with the 400 series shortly afterwards to address all the issues. Which is what they get for trying to make a cheap chipset while failing to make it reliable.
Straight, if you want to game on a PC, either by a Laptop from a company dedicated to making gaming laptops such as MSI, Ibuypower, or CyperPC (stay away from alienware, products are mainly cosmetic and over priced). But you can make a Desktop which for the same price will not only have more storage, but processing power, easier to upgrade, last atleast twice as long, but just not very mobile.