Questions About ASUS Laptop Lifetime

So I've owned an ASUS laptop for quite a long time. It was originally intended as a portable gaming machine since I had no permanent home. But what with game requirements going up I'm not sure how long it's going to work with the same old specs.

My laptop is an ASUS N71JQ that I had bought roughly five years ago, following are a few specs:

http://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/N71Jq/specifications/

Only difference is that I have 4 GB RAM, W7 basic, 500 GB storage and Non-blu...

Questions About ASUS Laptop Lifetime