Poor Skyrim performance on Alienware M11X laptop

Now I have been trying to run Skyrim on all the minimum settings and it just will not reach a usable frame rate. I am using the M11X from Alienware with all the original manufacturer components. I do not know a whole lot about computers but it seems that the problem is with my video card. The Geforce GT 335M. Is there anything I can do to increase performance, short of having to purchase new equipment entirely?
 
How much memory is installed? What CPU is installed and what version of Windows is installed? Is Windows fully updated?
 
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