http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6336
------- Additional Comments From the3dfxdude@gmail.com 2006-01-10 22:36 ------- My main box has similar specs to yours.
1.9 Ghz AMD Barton 2600+ 1.3 GB RAM Radeon 9200 128 MB w/ latest Mesa R200
And it runs fine. Maybe it's a sound problem? Try all sound drivers -- ALSA and OSS, emulated and full -- in winecfg too.
Although unaccelerated gdi is a bit slow, it really is completely playable on my system without your described slowdowns.
But my ubuntu "test box" at 700 MHz kicks butt with the accelerated opengl backend (Nvidia GF 2...)
Accelerated opengl backend is coming for ATI... maybe... someday..