I will get macbook air soon , 13" maybe 11". now is the intel hd 3000 good for gaming ?

i am playing this Game Dragona PH , is the system requirements match up ? in MBA ?
can i play it smoothly ? can the intel hd 3000 manage the game ?
heres the system requirements .

13 in MBA (and MBP for that matter) has only "integrated graphics". The graphics chip is part of the CPU, and shares memory with the system/CPU. When this integrated graphics chip heats up, the CPU sometimes has to throttle-back ALL operations to reduce damaging heat.
15 in MBP uses "discrete graphics". This means there is an additional graphics card separate from the CPU, with its own heat-sink and memory (it *may* share share *some* system memory). The heat from a discrete card has far less effect on a CPU so the entire system can stay running at high processing loads.
Games tax the graphics chip, so slow-down the 11/13 MBP/MBA in more because it must throttle back under heavy graphics load.
Regardless of the 11 or 13 system's ability to keep up with today's games, future games will likely tax/heat-up the system in the future.
This in not a "final" answer, I know. Just some facts to consider.

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