Playing games on windows xp

hey...
i have just install windows xp on my macbook using boot camp, can i play windows platform games like "command and conquer" on my mac using the windows xp ?
will the games run smoothly like on a normal windows machine ?

Hi
I'm more a Civ4, CoD & MOH fan/addict. All work fine on my MacBook. I get the occasional lock up but then I used to get the same on my PC. No change there then. Like I said I checked to see what the recommended requirements where and just installed it. My only problem is there are not enough hours in the day.
As an extremely general rule of thumb I would guess that any platform hardware (mac or windows) with an Intel chip (last 2-3 years), decent graphics card and enough RAM (2-4GB) - the usual stuff really - should be able to tackle most games?
Tony

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