On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Gert van den Berg <wine-users@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I know that nVidia cards are working quite well with Wine. Do thay > experience many problems? (I saw quite a few issues caused be certain > driver version being discussed on the list recently) There's always problems compared to windows. But nvidia is much better. > How well is ATI cards working for older games? I know that the first > response here seem to be "get a nVidia", but that seem to be the > general response for Intel cards as well, which is working fine, > although really slow for me. Get an nvidia :-). ATI may work for older stuff, but the drivers are crap. > I would prefer to buy ATI to reward them for releasing the specs > needed for open-source drivers (And, under Windows, a few cards seem > to be really good value), but only if their cards are at least usable. > (I would probably be using fglrx and not the open-source drivers...) I > know that their drivers are not as good as nVidia's, but are they > actually usable for most things? If you have an ATI card, ehich card > do you have and what works / does not work on it? While I agree with wanting to show support for ATI for releasing the specs, you've got another decision to make. Do you want results now, or in a few years when the drivers may or may not have caught up? > PS: Would Max's DIB engine patches help for Red Alert 2's performance issues? If it's using DIB's, probably. Try it and see. -- -Austin
