http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27298
--- Comment #6 from Jonathan Strander mblackwell1024@gmail.com 2011-08-27 00:25:19 CDT --- With Wine 1.3.27 performance is drastically improved. High @ 1600x1200 seems to now give a playable framerate and has about equal the performance of lower settings (just a bit slower, but not very noticeable). At a later date I can test even higher/different resolutions if necessary.
I tested the Flotsam town square (area with the gallows and beyond) which is generally considered to be a slowdown ridden portion of the game. Framerate was mostly good with occasional drops while examining. Didn't test areas beyond that except a later fight in the third chapter of the game involving quite a lot of guards. Framerates were mostly good there too and I was able to do combat without much difficulty.
Additionally the Wet Surfaces effect which was a terrible fps drag before now seems to have very little if any affect.
Log file is the same as before so I'm not sure what changed things. Hardware is the same as my first post. I'd say it's 90% of the way there at least.
Note sure we can expect much better... We may want to call this fixed?