The only way I can play the big games like call of duty and medal of honor in linux is using wine I hate multiplayer games and I only play the ones with a single player campaign..... Have not found any single player campaign for linux ...... So thats why I have to use wine So I will just buy a new card ok. Secondly My windows xp works perfect with the ati 3d card I have never had any problems and lacking and stuttering and I can run all new 3d windows ftp single player campaign games I wanted to play Ati works perfect as long as I am in windows So buying a great nvidia 3d card would work both in linux and in windows..... I have not had any hardware problems running games and aps in windows xp However I am testing linux and finding out that it is great and free and very stable when u dont look at running games. All my facvorite windows aps are allready in linux they are just called something else but that does not matter to me.