Installing Windows 7 = incompatible video card?

Hey there,
I recently purchased a new Macbook Pro, and installed Snow Leopard.
I have an evaluation copy of Windows 7 which I tried installing using Boot Camp last week.
Everything seemed to go fine until I realized I couldn't play any of my Steam games because the screen resolution was terrible and noticed I was missing drivers..
I followed a step-by-step guide to installing Windows 7 using Boot Camp, so I managed to get the sound working fine. However I cannot adjust the resolution properly and obviously can't play any games...which is basically the only reason I wanted to use Boot Camp.
Any help is appreciated, thanks!

NO.... he has a workstation, and not MBP, nor are "drivers already loaded."
How I would proceed -
Install Windows on its own drive.
Pull all the other drives.
Boot from Windows 7 Pro DVD
Forget Boot Camp Assistant, it doesn't do anything - unless you really want to install Windows on the SAME drive as Mac OS - not ideal and not what most of Mac Pro owners do.
Just insert your OS X DVD once Windows is up to date - helps to buy the SP1 OEM version $129.
Run Apple SETUP.exe (Boot Camp 3.0.x drivers) and update with ASU or manually to 3.2.
No you don't need to go back and use that ATI. And you dont' want to be in the situation of changing from ATI to Nvidia and all the hassle that adds. you are fine.
The Mac Pro is as close as anything to a standard Wintel workstation.
Add MS Security Essentials or KIS or whatever you favor. KIS2011 or NIS2011 are good, MSSE 2.0 is free and based on their enterprise product.
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