http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24259
--- Comment #4 from Dmitry Timoshkov dmitry@codeweavers.com 2010-09-06 22:21:23 CDT --- (In reply to comment #2)
glxinfo |grep -i direct
shows direct rendering: yes
glxinfo is a 64-bit application, it won't show you the 32-bit driver state. Have a look at http://wiki.winehq.org/3DDriverIssues for some tips.