http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_JDZBZhvmA  WoW with Compiz on Ubuntu 7.10.
Video is choppy because the video snapshot program i was using was set to
15fps.  I usually run about 40-60fps on my Athlon X2 3800 (OC 2.3gHz), 5GB
Ram, and nVidia 9600GT 512MB.

Evan, check my website here:  http://mainsteam.net/?p=5

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Evan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> i just installed that, and i am getting memory read/write erors when trying
> to run wow with 1.1.8.. anything i need to know?
>
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Steven S. Critchfield <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>
>> From what I remember, cedega was forked from wine at a point way back
>> and went one direction and wine went another. And for what I remember,
>> the cedega folks are finding their direction is broken.
>>
>> Try the winehq version of wine. It is what I use for WoW on my machine.
>> Works wonderfully, and all you have to do is sym link the WoW install
>> from your Cedega c_drive to the wine drive_c and boot it up.
>>
>> The just released winehq 1.1.8 release is very snappy and good looking
>> with my video setup.
>>
>> And just think about what relatively low specs I am running on.
>>
>> 1gb ram
>> Athlon XP 3200+ running at 2.2ghz
>> GeForce 7600 GS 512mb
>>
>> I can still get 30+ fps out of WoW and have all the sliders maxed.
>>
>> Critch
>>
>> ----- "Evan Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > what a subject.. anyways.. I am stumped and googling hasnt resulted
>> > in
>> > finding any solutions.. Figured i would see what you folks might have
>> > to
>> > say...
>> >
>> > I have ubuntu 8.10 running dual nvidia 8500 gt cards in sli (little
>> > did i
>> > know when i bought them that it was software sli.. ohh well) when
>> > running
>> > compiz i have run into problems with the screen repaint when coming
>> > back
>> > from moving the cube around and such.. also, when using cedega for WoW
>> > (yea
>> > yea, insert joke here.. i only play occasionally) it will ocassionally
>> > stop
>> > using the gpu (well thats my guess as all 3d graphics go and it goes
>> > to some
>> > sort of color...
>> >
>> > I just turned off sli on the mobo and tried it and at least with
>> > cedega i
>> > have the same problem (i havent tried the compiz thing yet as it was
>> > so
>> > annoying i turned off compiz)
>> >
>> > anyways, i can post my xorg.conf and such if need be.. just wondering
>> > if
>> > anyone has ran into any such problems. i am also using the latest
>> > nvidia
>> > driver shipped with ubuntu..
>> >
>>
>> --
>> Steven Critchfield [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
>>
>
> >
>


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