Running games in Windows XP(BOOTCAMP), my fan kick in? NORMAL?

I bought the white Macbook 2Ghz, not upgraded still with 512 memory. I installed windows xp with bootcamp and installed these games halo, cossacks on it. Whenever running this games, the macbook fans start running? It this normal?

Whenever your graphics circuit is working hard--like playing a QuickTime video or game, for example--the fans are going to speed up. I have a java poker application that causes my fans to run high when the table is full of players and a lot of graphic interaction is going on.
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