http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34495
--- Comment #7 from Ben thebenj88@gmail.com 2013-10-12 18:53:03 CDT --- I've recieved a response from an AMD user:
Sure I am using the beta driver located here http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Linux%20x86_64 Latest Beta Driver 13.11 Beta 10/8/2013 the AMD Catalyst™ Display Driver With wine 1.7.3
The only thing I have done in wine is the steam work around to allow text to be seen in steam. I also have set up empire total war since then and it is working but not with version 1.7.3
To get it working I needed to do a strange work around but works great to can do the campaign map and battle map with no noticeble lag. But if you try to run it on 1.7.3 campaign works pretty well but it crashes on entering battle. the version I have to run that is 1.5.22
The user stated that he/she was using an amd A8-3870k APU.
So it seems that this may be NVIDIA-specific after all.