Don't underestimate the "nicer looking" workbench. Nicer looking also includes higher spatial resolutions and refresh rates, which are much better for your eyes :-)
Any sort of games that support RTG (ego shooters etc) will likely be a bit smoother too, given you are doing away with the C2P overhead. There's also a warp3d driver for the virge, but not many W3D applications work too well with it as it is quite limited.
