HT5628 Unable to Run games on windows 8 in my Macbook Pro

Hello, i am not able to run any game on windows 8 in my Macbook Pro with i7 processor.I tried installing and running Command and conquerors Tiberian wars, LOTR Battle for middle earth 1& 2, But it does not respond and quits .
i have 4 GB RAM,
NVIDIA GT 330M Graphics card
512 mb
COre i7 processor,

did you install the apple drivers made from the bootcamp app in osx ?
because if you did not it's running as a generic VGA adaptor which don't support games

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