Triple Screen with Macbook Pro 13" integrated graphics vs 15" dedicated graphics?

Am I gonna be able to run games with triple screen setups on the integrated Intel HD 3000 graphics or is it gonna be umplayable if I don't buy the 15" macbook pro AMD dedicated graphics?
The game I'll playing the most is world of warcraft, my future setup will be 3 screens of 19" each conected to the macbook pro with a resolution of 1400X900 each, using the matrox adapter.
I cannot buy an imac because i need the laptop for the university and programing outside the house

If you plan on doing any gaming, get a discrete GPU.  An on-board likely will give you less-that-satisfactory performance.

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