Gaming on 13" Pro (2010)

I have a 13" Macbook Pro (2010) 2.4ghz w/ 8gb ddr3 RAM. I want to play games like Starcraft II, Supreme Commander 2, and Dragon Age Origins. Can my computer handle the graphics without having a dedicated graphics card like the 15"? Also, I have bootcamp what other games would I be able to run on Windows 7 before the graphics card cant handle it?
Thanks

Welcome to Apple Support Discussions.
Your computer can handle it however it's not going to provide the performance of a of an i5 or i7 machine.
Regarding your second question because there are thousands of games available you will simply need to look at the minimum specifications of each you are interested in to see if it will run on your machine.
Regards,
Roger

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