WoW: Low FPS

[McKinnon]

When I start wow and get logged into my character, my FPS will be high, like 75, then after 30 seconds or less maybe, it will drop for 20 FPS.

I've tried all the fixes I read about on the WoW WineHQ page and thats how I got up to 75 fps for that short while (before, it was like 35 fps, which dropped to 15 fps)

Some info on my setup:

Ubuntu 9.04 (64 bit)
Kernel 2.6.28-14-generic
Wine 1.1.26
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.5GHz
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
4GB RAM

Any idea why my FPS drops after 30 seconds or so?

[tparker]

McKinnon wrote:

When I start wow and get logged into my character, my FPS will be high, like 75, then after 30 seconds or less maybe, it will drop for 20 FPS.

Does it just stay slow or do you eventually get graphics corruption
and/or game crashing?

[McKinnon]

as far as I can tell, I've only played 10 minutes with the terrible fps, but it just stays slow, no crash or corruptions.

something else I've noticed is if I close it and go back in within like 5 minutes, the game is still slow. but if I wait a while, it plays good again.

[MacNean Tyrrell]

On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 10:52 PM, McKinnon <[email protected]> wrote:

as far as I can tell, I've only played 10 minutes with the terrible fps,
but it just stays slow, no crash or corruptions.

something else I've noticed is if I close it and go back in within like 5
minutes, the game is still slow. but if I wait a while, it plays good again.



What are you video settings at inside WoW? Is the 20 FPS in dalaran or

elsewhere? Open nvidia-settings and go to OpelGL (something) and look at
the slider is it on quality or performance? Multisampling at 1?

I had the same specs you had and had to run low settings with that graphics
card, got same FPS's in windows as in Linux tho so stuck with linux. I
recently just got a laptop with the 260m gtx in it, and on max settings, 4x
multisampling, i'm getting like 50fps (and 30 in dalaran), but the drivers
are beta and once in awhile give me issue.



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Sincerely,

MacNean C. Tyrrell
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[McKinnon]

I have the OpenGL slider set to high performance and I don't see a multi sampling option.

and I start with 120 FPS outside of Dalaran and 50 FPS inside Dalaran. Then after 30 seconds or so, it drops to 22-30 fps outside Dalaran and 7-13 in Dalaran.

All my settings except view distance are as low as they can go, and view distance is halfway up.

Also, to test if this happens, I sit somewhere and don't move my character or camera and I watch my FPS.

[MacNean Tyrrell]

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 1:57 PM, McKinnon <[email protected]> wrote:

I have the OpenGL slider set to high performance and I don't see a multi
sampling option.

It's on the resolution option in video, Top right multisampling. Also make
sure you're not overriding it in nvidia-settings.

and I start with 120 FPS outside of Dalaran and 50 FPS inside Dalaran. Then
after 30 seconds or so, it drops to 22-30 fps outside Dalaran and 7-13 in
Dalaran.

Are you talking about like as soon as you log in? Those numbers are never
right it does take 30-45 seconds to get an accurate reading, i've had it
tell me i have 1000 fps. And for that graphics card with same stuff yea
that's what I used to get. 21-35 in Northrend/raids, 8-16 in dalaran. Wish
I could help you more, but for me in windows same FPS's on that system then
in windows. New system never booted into windows so no idea.

All my settings except view distance are as low as they can go, and view
distance is halfway up.

Also, to test if this happens, I sit somewhere and don't move my character
or camera and I watch my FPS.

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[McKinnon]

well it isn't playable in WG, it would be if my mouse didn't match my framerate. but since my mouse lags behind too I can't play it.

and I played on high settings in vista.

also, i have the nvidia 180 driver. and still didn't find multisampling.

[tparker]

McKinnon wrote:

well it isn't playable in WG, it would be if my mouse didn't match my framerate. but since my mouse lags behind too I can't play it

If your main problem is WG, don't base your game play on that. The
battle lag there is a Blizzard problem that hits everyone - Linux,
Windows, or Mac; Intel, Nvidia, or ATI. You can get more info on WG lag
on the WoW forums.

[MacNean Tyrrell]

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 3:23 PM, McKinnon <[email protected]> wrote:

well it isn't playable in WG, it would be if my mouse didn't match my
framerate. but since my mouse lags behind too I can't play it.

If you want a "Hardware" cursor in wine/wow, can check out my post in reply
to X11 cursor. Or:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p= ... stcount=82

But I am not left handed so I use the wine patch from page 2 of:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1051483&page=2 by isit (
http://swa.org.ru/wow/wine-cursor-patch-new1.txt)

I still use this even though I eperience hardly any lag in new system.

and I played on high settings in vista.

Hmm with that system and that card, I could never play on high. Like I said
same fps/settings in linux/xp/vista. Anyways, sorry can't help you here,
remember wow isn't native to linux, but for me the 8600 didn't perform much
beyond what your reporting. I know blizz keeps upgrading the graphics
engine, when was last time you played on that system in vista? and what fps?

also, i have the nvidia 180 driver. and still didn't find multisampling.

Yea i'm using the beta 190 since the 260m isn't stablely supported yet i
guess. Multisampling is : Hit escape, hit video, hit resolution on left.
First drop down top right.



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MacNean C. Tyrrell
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