Non native games on intel iMac 17"?

Hi,
I'm awaiting delivery of a 17" intel iMac with 1gb of ram. I have a number of games that i believe don't have patdhes to run on the intel machines and wondered if anyone knows how they run> Here's the list:
CALL OF DUTY
HALO
FORD RACING 2
MEDAL OF HONOUR
THE INCREDIBLES
ALIENS VERSUS PREDATOR 2
RAINBOW 6
I also have unreal o4, doom3 and quake 4 but i believe these have patches. Also, how bad is the hit for Photoshop under Rossetta?
Cheers.

Hi,
here is a link with info on the performance of games running under Rosetta:
http://guides.macrumors.com/UniversalBinaryGames
As for Photoshop. Haven't got first hand experience, but Photoshop Elements is slow but useable with 1GB
Sascha
iMac   Mac OS X (10.4.5)   17" Core Duo, 1GB Ram

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