http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15925
Summary: World of Warcraft: Extreme FPS drop since 3.0.2 Product: Wine Version: 1.1.7 Platform: PC-x86-64 URL: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: -unknown AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: adys.wh+winehqdotorg@gmail.com
At first it felt like a normal evolution of the game's hardware requirements, but due to a LOT of recent feedback from WoW players under wine, it seems like something doesn't work on Wine's side.
Since the expansion patch Echoes of Doom, World of Warcraft lost at least 30 fps in crowded areas (shows a lot in battlegrounds and raids), and over 15 fps in completely empty areas. The new shadow engine is disabled. Turning all details and other effects off has very little effect on the game. The new (bug 14975) screenfog effect (ffxSpecial) is disabled. Existing configuration hasn't been changed.
Enabling or disabling GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object shows no obvious difference (feels slightly faster when disabling).
No relevant output is given in the terminal. Downgrading to wine 1.0, 1.1 or 1.1.3 (all three worked quite fine before) doesn't make any difference.
nVidia 8600 GTS, using OpenGL engine