Tantalus90
April 25th, 2009, 07:36 PM
Well I decided to give WoW another chance having read reports of massive FPS increases from the latest nVidia driver.
Dashed, utterly and completely :(
It was like trying to push a large rock around with the tip of a 12 foot fishing rod.
FPS in Dalaran between 20 going down to ............6
Mouse control , pathetic.
Delay casting, up to a second, and for a rogue, that is just plain not healthy.
Now heres the thing, wine has this listed as platinum.
Seriously, WoW in wine is "playable" if all you want to do is hang around in the beginner areas or duel in Lolshire.
End game, forget it.
What saddens me most, is that this is THE most popular game, and they even went as far as writing a beta linux client at one point.
Links between Linux and WoW are much better than most recent games, the Linux community , wine included should really be looking to improve their support for games.
I love Linux, but it aint ready for this 8 year old game.
Specs, AMD64 Dual 4600 , 4G RAM , nVidia 8500 plus trimmings
Tant
Dashed, utterly and completely :(
It was like trying to push a large rock around with the tip of a 12 foot fishing rod.
FPS in Dalaran between 20 going down to ............6
Mouse control , pathetic.
Delay casting, up to a second, and for a rogue, that is just plain not healthy.
Now heres the thing, wine has this listed as platinum.
Seriously, WoW in wine is "playable" if all you want to do is hang around in the beginner areas or duel in Lolshire.
End game, forget it.
What saddens me most, is that this is THE most popular game, and they even went as far as writing a beta linux client at one point.
Links between Linux and WoW are much better than most recent games, the Linux community , wine included should really be looking to improve their support for games.
I love Linux, but it aint ready for this 8 year old game.
Specs, AMD64 Dual 4600 , 4G RAM , nVidia 8500 plus trimmings
Tant