GT683 and gaming on HDTV?

Hi guys.
I just bought me a new MSI GT683 with the specs down below, but due to being on summer vacation, I haven´t been able to use it until I´m going home on wednesday. Anyway, to the question:
Do you think it´ll be powerful enough to run games like Oblivion, Fallout New Vegas and Civ IV on my 42 inch HDTV-screen (LG, LCD - FULL HD). Is there something else I should take note or think of when playing games this way?

Oblivion should be fine set to max settings at 1920 x 1080, perhaps Fallout New Vegas too, though if there's lag simply dial back the settings a tad. Test it out and you'll soon know. Install Fraps for FPS readings: http://www.fraps.com/

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