wine users - Jul 2010 - WoW on Ubuntu 10.04

Hi, some time ago i've installed WoW in Ubuntu 9.10 using wine 1.1.42
(wine1.2 ubuntu package). Everything fine, had a few fps problems but with some
tips found in wowwiki i've manage to increase fps to about 20. Some users
would say it's still low, but i was happy with it.
Well, some weeks ago i've updated to Ubuntu lucid (10.04). It's great,
but my WoW fps drop down to about 5-10 which is very low. I've tried a few
more tips to increase fps and even downloaded the latest Wine in the ppa
repository, but nothing helped. I've read somewhere here in wine hq that
ubuntu 10.04 doesn't support low-end hardware but i don't know what is
that...

I'm using:

Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.66GHz, 32bit
2GB ram
NVidia GF FX 5200 grafics card

Ubuntu 10.04
kernel 2.6.32-23-generic
wine 1.2 (latest from ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu)
Nvidia video driver 173.14.25 (also latest for my card)

does anyone have a clue of what may i do?

thanks

On Tuesday 20 July 2010 9:51:39 pm Fango wrote:
> Well, some weeks
> ago i've updated to Ubuntu lucid (10.04). It's great, but my WoW
fps drop
> down to about 5-10 which is very low.
Have you tried removing and reinstalling your video driver, even if you just 
put the same version back in? It's fairly common for an OS upgrade or a
change
to a new wine version to confuse the video drivers. I'm not sure it would
mess
with the frame rate, but I've seen enough posts on weird results to think it
might be worth trying,

Thanks for the response!
I did that already. No changes...

Hi,

I have installed WOW Classic and Burning Crusade and added all WOW patches. I am
playing only Burning Crusade, no WOTLK.
I manage to start WOW. There is no sound, the resolution is lousy and all motion
is discontinuous. (4 fps)  I am using a Nvidia 6600GT card and the newest Nvidia
driver 195.36.24. Under XP all is running fine and smooth with best resolution.

I am looking for ideas for improvement.  In this state the WOW is running under
WINE 1.2.  but  any playing iis not reasonable.

Regards
Svgt

Hallo,

Ich habe WOW Classic und Burning Crusade installiert und alle Patches
dazugeladen. Ubuntu ist auf neuestem Updatestand. Wine 1.2 wurde aus ppa
installiert und auch auf dem neuesten Stand. Ich spiele nur Burning Crusade,
kein WOTLK.

Mir gelingt WOW zu starten. Ich habe keinen Ton, die Aufl?sung ist miserabel und
die Bewegungen sind eckig. Ich benutze eine Nvidia 6600GT Grafikkarte und den
neuesten Nvidia-Treiber 195.36.24. Unter XP l?uft das alles fl?ssig mit bester
Aufl?sung.

Ich habe die Grafikfehler-Vorschl?ge aus dem Wiki unter ubuntuusers.de versucht
und die Datei Config.wtf ge?ndert. Es wurde alles nur schlechter bis zu
Abbr?chen.

Hat jemand damit Erfahrungen, wie ich die Grafikleistungen verbessern kann? In
diesem Zustand l?uft das Spiel zwar, aber das Spielen ist nicht zumutbar.

Gru? Svgt

On Thursday 22 July 2010 3:30:38 pm svgt wrote:
> the newest Nvidia driver
> 195.36.24.

I am using driver version 195.36.31 and wow plays fine, might want to check and 
see if that one helps you.

I have installed now your Nvidia 195.36.31 driver. Nothing changed with Wow. I
am using this Config.wtf file:


Code:

SET readTOS "1"
SET readEULA "1"
SET readScanning "1"
SET readContest "-1"
SET readTerminationWithoutNotice "1"
SET installType "Retail"
SET locale "deDE"
SET expansionMovie "0"
SET movie "0"
SET showToolsUI "1"
SET portal "eu"
SET realmList "eu.logon.worldofwarcraft.com"
SET patchlist "eu.version.worldofwarcraft.com"
SET hwDetect "0"
SET gxRefresh "50"
SET gxMultisample "1"
SET gxMultisampleQuality "0.000000"
SET videoOptionsVersion "3"
SET accountName "martin.schleenvoigt at gmx.at"
SET accountList "!SVGT95|WoW1|"
SET Gamma "1.000000"
SET accounttype "BC"
SET Sound_OutputDriverName "System Default"
SET Sound_MusicVolume "0.40000000596046"
SET Sound_AmbienceVolume "0.60000002384186"
SET farclip "177"
SET realmName "Perenolde"
SET mouseSpeed "1"
SET VoiceActivationSensitivity "0.39999997615814"
SET ChatMusicVolume "0.29999998211861"
SET ChatSoundVolume "0.39999997615814"
SET ChatAmbienceVolume "0.29999998211861"
SET gameTip "5"
SET textureFilteringMode "0"
SET lastCharacterIndex "3"
SET particleDensity "0.10000000149012"
SET baseMip "1"
SET environmentDetail "0.5"
SET weatherDensity "0"
SET ffxGlow "0"
SET ffxDeath "0"




Any idea what should be changed?

Regards 
Svgt