http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9263
--- Comment #44 from Jon Leachman ultrabatman@gmail.com 2008-06-29 18:30:42 --- I had the same super-slow framerate problem in Ubuntu 8.04, wine 1.0 & 1.1, but finally found a way to boost performance to a playable level: * Switch to wine 0.9.61 * Uncheck "Allow pixel shader" in winecfg Graphics tab * XP win version appears to work best, 98 is passable * Start GW: WINEDEBUG=-all wine Gw.exe (the WINEDEBUG thing is to prevent wine from spewing loads of debug messages that, at least for me, interfered with GW rendering) * Before logging in to ArenaNet, hit the Auto button at the bottom of the Graphics tab in the Options window * Whenever the frame rate drops (happens to me occasionally) just hit that Auto button again...
I was originally getting less than 1 fps, but I get around 7-10 fps with this method. I have crappy onboard Intel G31 graphics, so maybe ~10 fps is about the best I can do. I should add that wine 1.0 & 1.1 segfault after I hit the GW "Play" button on the initial screen if "Allow pixel shader" is unchecked, which is why I had to revert to 0.9.61. Incidentally, should I submit a bug report about this, since it appears to be specific to >= v1.0?
Hope this is helpful to someone.
My setup: Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Asus P5KPL-CM (Intel G31 chipset) onboard graphics 2048 MB DDR2 mem Intel Q6600 cpu (quad-core 2.4 GHz)
--- Comment #45 from Jean Michel jean.bruenn@ip-minds.de 2008-06-30 03:33:15 --- IMHO ~10 FPS aren't playable. Because especially Guild Wars is a game where everyone is looking at the graphic. And as there are not only PvE Players in Guild Wars (There are many many PvP Players arround), those needs to be really fast. Impossible if you have only 10 FPS. Thats like connecting with a ping over 500.. Also if you compare this FPS number with the one you would have in windows, you'll be a bit dissapointed.
but thats.. just my 2 cents.