The Witcher & Crysis - iMac & Windows 7

Hello.
Next week I'm getting Windows 7 on my iMac (full version, fresh install). It's mainly for school and work, but I'm thinking of getting these two games. Just wondering if anyone on here has tried running The Witcher and/or Crysis on an iMac using Windows 7, and if so, how did it run?
I read about some issues with Windows 7 with both of these games. Luckily, there seems to be a common fix for The Witcher regarding patching and removing the TAGES protection. On the other hand, Crysis seems to have a rather insidious problem with Windows 7 involving crashing that no one seems to be able to fix.
So, if anyone has any experience with this, I'd would like to hear your stories.

Had the same no sound problem,
downloaded relatek hi def drivers and that fix it.
http://www.realtek.com/downloads/downloadsCheck.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=24&PFid=24&Le vel=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

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