I tried the patch from comment #9 and it indeed fixed the rendering issues in the games like Two Worlds 2, Trine: Enchanted Edition, Trine 2, XCOM:Enemy Unknown, Stacking (running in Wine). The patch greatly improves image quality but doesn't fix the rendering issues completely in Sonic Generations or in The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief, see the screenshot for comparison between unmodified and patched nouveau: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-tTbLKBl-tOdldDb1pRNENnYUk VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G92 [GeForce GTS 250] (rev a2) Mesa 3D 10.6-branchpoint-541-g104bff0