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   > What are you using?  I tried Cedega (the newest version) and the performance    
   > is not as good as it is on Windows.  I can definately tell the difference.    
   > Are you using WINE, WINEX, Cedega?  Any hints on how to get started?  I am    
   > interested in running it on Linux (as good as I can on Windows).   
      
   I am using the stock Wine from the Ubuntu repositories.  The guides were    
   mentioning copying DLL files and or compiling Wine yourself.  I didn't    
   bother with this at all.  I did try installing WoW in Wine, ie:- to  my    
   Home partition but this actually didn't work too well.  It seemed clunky    
   (for some reason) and so I thought I would just go to the Windows    
   Partition and run it directly from there (to see if it actually worked)    
   and it did.   
      
   > FWIW, I have AMD Athlon 64 4000+, 2 GB Corsair XMMS, GeForce6800 Ultra.  I    
   > can run it fine in Windows XP SP/2 w/ all graphics turned up.  Average FPS    
   > on Windows is 40-60 depending on city/out in the wild.  The same setup with    
   > NVIDIA drivers in Ubuntu 6.10 32-bit I get average FPS of 20-40 unless I    
   > turn down the "Terrain Detail" on Linux.  I have followed all of the    
   > suggestions in Cedega and noticed the small differences in FPS as I changed    
   > each of the things they recommended and I still can't get it to run as    
   > smooth as I can on XP.    
   >    
      
   I have a Core2Duo CPU E6300 overclocked to 2.67 Ghz (I cannot remember    
   as it's been a while since I rebooted), I have 1GB of memory and a    
   Nvidia 7600GT.  I am using the Nvidia drivers provided by Automatix    
   (although I uninstalled automatix afterwards).  I get 60fps everywhere    
   city/country.  I get some frame drops  with a lot of player characters    
   around, but I think thats because of Lag.   
      
   I use the default terrain detail that was selected when I installed it    
   in XP.  The only problem I have is sound is poorer than Windows... I can    
     make out what is being said but it stutters like crap, but Linux does    
   it too and I think it must me some kind of interrupt problem.  I am not    
   bothered because my PC is in my front room and the sound is turned down    
   most of the time anyway.   
      
   When I am running it in XP there is no graphical difference to Ubuntu.    
   It's silky smooth and the game plays the same.  The only problem I have    
   is it is very addictive and talking about it here makes me want to play    
   it now!   
      
      
      
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