Will I fry my video card playing Call of Duty?

Looking for any input I can get. My macbook pro is 6mo. old, I'm working offshore and downloaded call of duty to burn freetime. However now that I'm out here I realized that the recommended graphics card for the game is not what I have. The card in my macbook pro is a Intel Graphics 3000 384 MB, They recommend a nvidia gforce or ATI radeon....Am I ok to use what I have without frying my card

It will probably get hot, and the fan(s) will spin up faster. But before it gets damaged, it will shut down to protect itself.
Macs of all kinds now set the fan speed(s) based on temperature readings from sensors inside the chassis.
Don't block the air exit across the back. To have it throw heat out the bottom, it requires at least 3/4 inch (20mm) air space before a convection current can form.

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