wine users - Aug 2010 - successful ATI card for WINE gaming?

Is there current or semi-current ATI video card that people are having good 
luck with for video games through WINE? I'm going to need a new card soon
and
we have had a long run of bad luck with the quality of Nvidia cards so I would 
like to give ATI a try. I know the driver improvements for Linux have been 
slow to arrive, but if anyone has a card they can recommend it would give me a 
starting place to check them out. The type of games I would be using it for 
are things like Blizzard games, Star Wars Galaxies, Eve, Torchlight, Champions 
Online, Star Trek Online, etc.

Thank you for any ideas.

This is a tough one.

Despite ATi's drivers having improved over time, nVidia is still superior in
this regard. I've been using a HD 5870 with ATi's proprietary drivers
and i've encountered multiple issues with 3D applications in WINE.

Native Linux (Installed) games seem to perform very well, but if you intend to
use WINE, stick with nVidia.

I'm replacing my ATi 5870 for a nVidia GTX 480 specifically for Linux/WINE.

Look, ATi is not HORRIBLE for Linux/WINE, but there are some refinements and
small bugs/issues here and there that will cause unanticipated issues.

If you refer to the application database for WINE, there are alot of games that
are considered Platinum/Gold but do not work properly with ATi...but most titles
in the App DB have been tested with nV cards. And there's too many
forums/posts, even entries in the App DB, that indicate issues related to ATi
users that nV users do not experience.

You can go for ATi and, over time, start experiencing more stable/refined
drivers, but if you intend on experiencing WINE now, go nV.

r2rX  :)