If it's indeed the same problem I have, it's not a memory/swapping issue.
Tried to run the game (Civ IV in my case) while looking at the systems monitor. Memory is never full, nor is the swap ever used. Instead CPU shoots up to 100% and stays there. Could you check whether the same happens for you?
WoW Performance - Degrades over Time
Re: WoW Performance - Degrades over Time
SOLUTION:
do not use OpenGL.
make sure
SET gxApi "D3D9"
is in ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/WTF/Config.wtf
Run WoW:
cd ~
cd '.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft'
wine Wow.exe -noautolaunch64bit
When I used OpenGL my FPS started at 60 and degraded by 10 every 7 minutes.
Here is my full blog entry concerning this:
http://corey-a.blogspot.com/2014/04/wow ... ition.html
do not use OpenGL.
make sure
SET gxApi "D3D9"
is in ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/WTF/Config.wtf
Run WoW:
cd ~
cd '.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft'
wine Wow.exe -noautolaunch64bit
When I used OpenGL my FPS started at 60 and degraded by 10 every 7 minutes.
Here is my full blog entry concerning this:
http://corey-a.blogspot.com/2014/04/wow ... ition.html
Re: WoW Performance - Degrades over Time
NEWER SOLUTION
My laptop is:
Dell Inspiron 15 3521 (http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/ ... X1/drivers)
i3 (1.9GHz)
6 GB RAM
Intel HD 4000
bought in 2013
Adding this stuff to your WTF/Config.wtf will prevent FPS degration in OpenGL mode...I'm not exactly sure how each work or if they're exactly effective:
SET ffxDeath "0"
SET ffxGlow "0"
SET M2UseShaders "0"
(got from http://www.blog.highub.com/linux/world- ... on-ubuntu/)
You can use OpenGL, and you'll be getting 25 FPS instead of 16 FPS in certain areas like the Arathi Basin PvP area, but the graphics glitch.
Run fast but glitchy:
wine64 '.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/Wow-64.exe' -opengl
Run slower but no glitchiness:
# edit WTF/Config.wtf and set this:
SET gxApi "D3D9"
wine '.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/Wow.exe' -noautolaunch64bit
My laptop is:
Dell Inspiron 15 3521 (http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/ ... X1/drivers)
i3 (1.9GHz)
6 GB RAM
Intel HD 4000
bought in 2013
Adding this stuff to your WTF/Config.wtf will prevent FPS degration in OpenGL mode...I'm not exactly sure how each work or if they're exactly effective:
SET ffxDeath "0"
SET ffxGlow "0"
SET M2UseShaders "0"
(got from http://www.blog.highub.com/linux/world- ... on-ubuntu/)
You can use OpenGL, and you'll be getting 25 FPS instead of 16 FPS in certain areas like the Arathi Basin PvP area, but the graphics glitch.
Run fast but glitchy:
wine64 '.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/Wow-64.exe' -opengl
Run slower but no glitchiness:
# edit WTF/Config.wtf and set this:
SET gxApi "D3D9"
wine '.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/World of Warcraft/Wow.exe' -noautolaunch64bit
Re: WoW Performance - Degrades over Time
NEWERER SOLUTION
Refer to http://corey-a.blogspot.com/2014/07/wow ... ution.html for updates concerning my theories about how to get WoW working well on this laptop:
Dell Inspiron 15 3521 (http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/ ... g/86290X1/)
i3 (1.9GHz)
6 GB RAM
integrated Intel HD 4000 graphics
bought in 2013
uses Xubuntu 14.04
& solutions for helping the OpenGL mode not degrading in FPS over time.
Refer to http://corey-a.blogspot.com/2014/07/wow ... ution.html for updates concerning my theories about how to get WoW working well on this laptop:
Dell Inspiron 15 3521 (http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/ ... g/86290X1/)
i3 (1.9GHz)
6 GB RAM
integrated Intel HD 4000 graphics
bought in 2013
uses Xubuntu 14.04
& solutions for helping the OpenGL mode not degrading in FPS over time.
Re: WoW Performance - Degrades over Time
I'm a bit confused about the mem=4g part. Is this related to a problem particular to having 4 gb RAM or a more general problem? I have 1 gb RAM, would changing this option possibly help me, and if so, to what value?
