General Performance with Windows?

Im a seasoned mac fanatic, but since I got my G5 back in 04 I haven't been keeping up with the latest Mac News.
Basically I'm interested in getting a Mac Book Pro because I play mid-higher end gfx pc games on my Dell and I understand you can run Windows natively with hardware acceleration. Ive used Virtual PC and YUCK!
I have a Dell XPS Quad Core QX6700 that I've been using and its good, but from having a G5, G3, and the old Power Macs, a Quadra, Centris, etc.. I know Macs are faster when compared side by side.
Ok my question... How is performance under windows? Can I play these same games no problem? Virtual PC could barely run solitaire so I am a bit skeptical about the performance I hear. I wish Apple put a 1GB of video memory but the games I play can use 512 just fine.
Thanks for the help!
Chris

Thank you for the star!
I have just noted some general advice on Boot Camp, with a Windows XP partition, which I also highly recommend.
First, you should read the Boot Camp manual carefully and follow it in detail.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/Boot_CampInstall-Setup.pdf
Second, you should format your Windows partition using the NTFS format. Fat 32 will not support files larger than 3.5 GB.
By having your partition formatted as NTFS, you will be able to upgrade to Windows 7 easily in the future should you wish to do so. I would recommend a minimum partition size of 40 GB.
To access your Mac hard drive from Windows, you would want to check out MacDrive 7, which is really good.
http://www.mediafour.com
Under NTFS, you will be able to read your Windows drive from your Mac drive.
However, if you want to write to it, you will need the following software from Paragon.
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/
If you go with XP, and to save money, look for Microsoft OEM versions of Windows XP. These are the same as retail versions of Windows, but you will pay far less, i.e. $129 vs. $399.
However, do not go for manufacturer OEM copies of Windows, like from Dell or HP, as they will not work properly.
You can find the proper versions at CDW or Amazon.
http://www.cdw.com
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