Both works, at least on my machine.
Personally I liked Arcanum best, because it was more focused on YOU. This is because there were six you in Wiz 8... And there were more fighting in Wiz 8. Arcanum is in fact one of the best balaced games I've ever played when it comes to balancing fighting with other things. In Arcanum everything didn't cirkle around fighting <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />.
A word of warning though, both have pretty horrible graphics. Especially Arcanum... But if you decide to pick Arcanum up, you have some really nice moments to look forward to <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />. I never got into Wizardry though, too much fighting in the beginning for my likeing...
Übereil
