WoW + Wine 1.1.7 + Ubuntu 8.10 = FPS problems

**Neecapp** · November 6th, 2008

Alright, so I have been away from the Linux community for quite some time, but after deciding to come back I have decided to install WoW with Wine.

So, first of all it will not work with Directx AT ALL.

I turned on OpenGL in Config.wtf and also
SET SoundOutputSystem "1"
SET SoundBufferSize "150"

So, it seems to load up WoW and run it fine, but the problem is that I get really low FPS.

I have also tried all of the stuff on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WorldofWarcraft

Including the Reg tweak GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object

The problem is that in stressful parts of the world I get around 20-30fps and it gets really choppy, where as in Windows Vista, I never go below 80ish.

Any ideas? I can turn up all of the video settings as high as possible or as low as possible and it makes no difference. My system should not have any problems running WoW on Wine.

System specs:
Intel C2d e6700
4gb ram
8800gts 512mb
64-bit Ubuntu 8.10

edit: Also, I am getting over 6kfps in glxgears, so rendering is functioning on some level.

**Slocan** · November 6th, 2008

I'm having the same issue with fps, and found this thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6086332
It looks like downgrading the wine version helps. I haven't tried it yet though.

**Neecapp** · November 9th, 2008

I tried that and it didn't seem to work. I am not really sure what the problem could be.

I have tried quite a bit of stuff too :-\.

**huangweiqiu** · December 3rd, 2008

I have same problem too. I played wow with wine on 7.04-8.04 withou no problem,but after upgraded to 8.10,I can't play WOW any more,very very low fps.

**dre_in_ham** · December 3rd, 2008

have you tried win 1.1.9?
are you sure you are runnning the latest drivers?

i have a radeon mobility x1600 and on 8.10 im runnning wow 1024x768 perfectly.

**OMJD** · December 3rd, 2008

I have this problem too. Apparently it's because the newer Nvidia drivers have a feature called "PowerMizer" which basically underclocks the graphics card, resulting in a peformance drop.

I've followed steps in order to override PowerMizer, but it's still running at "performance level 0".