Macbook Video card

While I usually only play game on my PC, I would like to play a few games on my macbook. However, I have a generic video card (in other words, my video card is not Radeon or Nvidia). My question is will my generic video play games such as Call of Duty 2?
I am also wondering if I could successfully change my macbook video card.

Welcome to macbook forum.
The Intel GMA graphic chipset in macbook is not superb for 3D gaming, and some user said they can play COD with minimum setting and some said they have hard time get it right.
And since the chipset is soldered to macbook logic board, you cannot change the graphic chipsets.
Good Luck.

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