Re: WoW Performance - Degrades over Time

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2009/3/12 tparker <tparker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> On Thu, 2009-03-12 at 11:34 +0200, Kalle Last wrote:> >> > I seem to be having somewhat similar issues lately. Unfortunately I> > haven't been able to pin down the problem yet as lots of things> > changed. I went from 64 bit Kubuntu 8.-something, older NV drivers,> > wow 3.0.3 to 64bit Gentoo with 180.-something NV drivers, latest Wine> > and wow patch 3.0.9.>> Mine seems to be finally becoming stable again, a couple things that> might be worth trying to see if they help on your system (no promises):>> -go into WINE config, graphics tab and look for a box that says 'allow> pixel shader', be sure it is not checked. You may have to go back in and> reselect it if you have another game that uses it, but for some odd> reason my WoW runs better without that, even though I use opengl>
That's worth a try for sure

>> -if you start the game from a desktop shortcut be sure that "-opengl"> without the quotes is at the end of the Command line, sometimes updates> take it out.>
I'm quite sure I had the option in my cfg.wtf file, it's again a good ideato recheck it.

> -for stability you might want to try limiting your system to 3G ram as> mentioned on the WINEappdb page, not a favorite work around but it does> help some people until a better solution is found.>
That's kind of complicated as I need the RAM for other background tasks.

> -check your /ect/X11/xorg.conf, in the Files section for a line that> says either ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/fglrx"> or ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia".  If yours> says nvidia at the end try commenting it out and putting in the line> ending with fglrx.  When I upgraded to the 180.x drivers it changed that> line and I got graphics glitches until I changed it back to ending in> 'fglrx'.>
That doesn't sound logical at all. fglrx is or ATI aka AMD video cards but Ihave NV one. Could anyone explain why would such a change be needed?

I'll try those changes out in a few hours when I get home, I'll try to letyou know of my progress.


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