Macbook Pro 2011 blue screen with loading icon

I was using my 2011 15 in. (2.0 GHz model) Macbook Pro, when a blue screen popped up for a second or two showing a circular gray loading icon, then disappeared and it looked like I had just logged in. It started to load the dock and desktop icons and my startup programs opened, but it didn't look like it had restarted because it didn't ask for a password, and only lasted a few seconds including the blue screen. At the time it had happened, I was working on a very high poly model in Blender, which might have caused it. I just got this computer, so I really hope there is nothing wrong with it, but I also got a warranty on it, so if there is anything wrong I can bring it in. If anyone knows if this is serious or not, please tell me. Thanks.

Thanks for your response, and since I submitted this question, the same problem happened again. This time I was playing Left 4 Dead 2 on Steam, so I'm noticing a trend where this problem only occurs when I'm working with 3D graphics, which is basically why I got the Macbook Pro in the first place, thinking it would be good with this sort of thing. Interestingly, though, I first played the game on this computer fine at fairly high graphics settings and got a good, steady fps for about an hour, but the second time, when this crash occured, I had only just started. This has gotten me confused and worried, and I'm wondering if I should bring it in to Apple, and if so, if they can fix it. Any answers would be great. Thanks!

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