John Drescher wrote:> > I do have every email but the problem (slowness in every game with an > ancient nVidia card and hardware) seems unsolvable since nothing seems > to help and the user is not a linux guru. >I think the problem was solved very early in this thread:> Your Graphics card is ancient, I mean really ancient. > It doesn't even support directX 9. > > I think Wine is forced to use some opengl features in software (that's why the games that work are so slow) and some features aren't available at all (Z-buffer). So if you upgrade your graphics card to any newer graphics card that might solve your problem.And the user's response was:> why would i do that > the games work fine in windows > am not buying a new graphics cardThere's really nothing more to be said.
The card can play far cry 1 on medium graphics ,its not that bad. A lot of cards dont support directx 9(graphics not drivers and meaning older cards). Also lot of people still haver older cards, therefore wine is quite useless if it don't support older cards as most people get older(from freinds or family) computers and install linux insted of buying windows. also the card does support Z-buffer