WoW on UBuntu 8.04

[Gjoko]

After some reading on the forums i managed to get WoW to run but i am getting slow framerates thought it should run smoothly. I just installed the 8.04 ubuntu and installed drivers with Envy i also installed wine. I managed to get it runing by adding SET gxApi "opengl" in the config file and now it runs but with a not so good framerate it's playable but not runing smoothly. Also i have a 8500GT with AMD Athol 64 x2 2.1ghz 1.5gig ram. Is it posible to improve framerate?

[geekygirl]

Are you running Compiz with all the eye-candy? I don't run it and have only modded my wtf file to use OpenGL and get consistently high fps at around 70-80fps all the time.

You may have to disable a few in-game effects as well of that doesn't work.

I also have the game's video settings to everything maxxed out.

I am running an E8200, 2G of 1066MHz DDR2, 9600GT 512mb.

[Gjoko]

Yes i am runing compiz but i disabled compiz now and tried again still the same the other stuff besides opegl i have aded are SET ffxDeath "0"
SET ffxGlow "0" and i don't think they make a diference. How do i disable some effects?

[geekygirl]

Try some of the in-game video settings and reduce the level of detail etc.

Did you also do the registry fix found on the Community page?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WorldofWarcraft

The other option is to run it in D3D mode and see if thats any better, sometimes it works.

[Gjoko]

Thanks fixing wine helped. One more question will WoW run better on ubuntu then on windows on old machine?

[geekygirl]

I found after the initial mucking around with Wine, WoW runs really well under Ubuntu, I even get better fps :) I have another box here running it under Vista, runs well there but the fps doesn't seem to peak more than 50-60fps, thanks to all the extra services! Same when I ran it under XP.

Updates all work just fine as well as all my addons :)

[Gjoko]

The reason is my friend is runing a realy old rig and barely plays WoW i was going to sugest him to install ubuntu to get better performance might convince him to install ubuntu