http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6016
------- Additional Comments From nlaw@nildram.co.uk 2006-27-10 18:18 ------- That could be the 0.9.16 patch ( see the old archives section of the Wow AppDB page, although I'm by no means certain that is the patch or whether it got applied to the wine tree ), however I think we are talking about two different problems here that have been labelled with the same name 'flickering problem'.
The old ATI flickering problem was simply a flicker possibly with a frequency of 2hz or less that only appeared under the chat area located bottom left of the screen, it really was fairly minor but annoying if you like things to be perfect.
the Nvidia flickering problem, is as I understand it the whole screen or things in the distance ( please correct me if I'm wrong as I've never seem this first hand ).
My apologies for not keeping strictly to the bug in question but...
All together, as of 0.9.23 there are 4 major video issues that seem to have appeared about the time the code got moved to winex11.drv, although there may not be a connection.
ATI 9550 cards and presumably 8500 series and upwards.... 1. A loss of text or text that appears to be torn, fixed by using the DisabledExtentions registry entry. Here's what it looks like http://appdb.winehq.org/appimage.php?iId=3948
2. Minimap turns white ( ATI only ? )
3. Nvidia flicker
Anyway, I'm going to try out wow with 0.9.24 standard unpatched and document everything that's wrong, then what fixes it. ( at least with an ATI 9550 ).