On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 07:50:40PM -0500, Austin English wrote: > I worded it poorly, but essentially, if you're worried about which > video card to use with Wine, you're more than likely interested in > games. In which case, performance is more important than principle. > > I personally have an Nvidia FX 5200, but no plans to upgrade, as the > only game I play is Morrowind, which works fine. If I were to upgrade, > I probably would choose ATI, to support their endeavor, not because > their performance would sway me. > > Of course, it's the OP's choice, but keep in mind, the person who > wants to run Office with Wine probably isn't worried about their video > card... Of course you could also hope that the nouveau project makes significant progress in the next 6 months. http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/ I personnally think they've done wonders so far, and with a little luck decent 3D support should be along relatively soon [1] [1] for a given definition of soon :) -- Darragh "Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool."