This is a simple registry edit for Wine that reportedly may dramatically increase the framerate in game for both ATi and nVidia users.

1. Open a regedit window with this command regedit

2. Find this key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\

3. Highlight the wine folder in the left hand pane by clicking left on it. The icon should change to an open folder

4. Click right on the wine folder and select [NEW] then [KEY]

5. Replace the text New Key #1 with OpenGL

6. Click right in the right hand pane and select [NEW] then [String Value]

7. Replace New Value #1 with DisabledExtensions (Notice it's case sensitive!)

8. Then double click anywhere on the line, a dialog box will open.

9. In the value field type GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object


Note: If you are unable to rename the newly created key “New Key #1” to “OpenGL” then expand the left hand pane of the regedit window using the vertical divider bar. You should now be able to change it. A known bug in Wine is causing this unwanted behavior.

Here's what regedit should look like once you have finished adding this new key and it's value:

http://appdb.winehq.org/appimage.php?iId=4640

Tweak #2

The idea with this tweak is to create a script which will allow you to launch WoW on a dedicated X server, which may give you a little boost of FPS.

Note: in contrast to the first tweak this one will not enhance performance very much or even not at all for some users, and it is also known to be more troublesome with errors, therefor it will not be worth the effort for most users and should be considered being more oriented for advanced users who enjoy the challenge.


1. nano -w ~/launch-wow.sh

2. Put this content in your newly created file:

#!/bin/sh

X :3 -ac & ## Launches a new X session on display 3
cd “~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft” ## Goto WoW dir
sleep 2 ## Forces the system to have a break for 2 seconds
DISPLAY=:3 /usr/X11R6/bin/wine WoW.exe -opengl ## Launches WoW


3. Press Ctrl+o then Ctrl+w in order to save your file & quit nano.

4. Don't forget to make your script executable with this command chmod +x ~/launch-wow.sh

5. Launch the script with ./launch.sh while being in the home user directory

If you have installed WOW anywhere else than in your standard Wine drive c, then you will have to replace the directory path found in the line that starts with cd"~/.wine… in the script, to the path where you have installed.

SET gxResolution "1280x1024"
SET gxRefresh "85"
SET gxColorBits "24"
SET gxDepthBits "24"