Playing Windows Games on IMac

Hey guys, i'm a complete noob here so bear with me.
I am going to be buying a 20 Inch IMac in the summer or maybe even a 24 inch depending on the answer to the following questions:
Can the 24 inch IMac with the 7300 graphics card play Windows games (Bf2, half life 2, Armed assault) WELL with a certain program and what is the program?
Sorry if i seem arrogant, i have been searching a while to find somewhere for support, if you could answer these 2 questions and provide links that would be great.
I am tired of windows and it's constant failing, help me switch over to Mac.

Right now, Bootcamp burns you a CD with Windows drivers; not all the drivers are suitable for Vista yet, so some devices in your Mac will not work properly if booted into Vista. Consequently, it is recommended that if you use Bootcamp at this time, you should not attempt to install Vista, but rather you should use Windows XP SP2 instead. Presumably, at some future date, drivers that work with Vista will become available.
I don't know if you're understanding that Bootcamp does not run Windows. All it does is create a Windows partition on your hard drive and burn a CD of drivers for Windows. At that point, Bootcamp's work is done.
After that, then you grab your Windows install CD and install Windows on your Mac, just as you would do with any old Dell or Toshiba. Then your Mac can boot into Windows and be just like any other Windows PC.
You really should go to the Bootcamp forum and talk to people who actually have done it.

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