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#1 2008-06-28 23:10:23

Falcata
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Wine Direct3D

Is there any way I can speed up the shader performance of Wine's Direct3D library?  Are there any patches or compiler flags I can build it with, or settings in the wine registry I can change?

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#2 2008-06-28 23:33:07

Procyon
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Re: Wine Direct3D

I don't know if it's related, but I do know one trick that makes my Counter Strike Source faster: in regedit HKEY_CURRENT_USER/wine/Direct3D set "UseGLSL" to "disabled".

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#3 2008-06-28 23:42:19

Falcata
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Re: Wine Direct3D

Thanks.  I'll see if that has any effect on Elder Scrolls IV.

EDIT: It didn't work.  Just makes the game crash when I load up a saved game.

Last edited by Falcata (2008-06-28 23:45:36)

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#4 2008-06-29 04:08:03

jarryson
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Re: Wine Direct3D

you mean cedega?

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#5 2008-06-29 04:14:42

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Re: Wine Direct3D

jarryson wrote:

you mean cedega?

You don't need cedega for D3D support. It's part of standard Wine now.

@OP:

Have you checked the usual Wine AppDB and the various linux gaming sites for configuration tips? I notice that your game is rated Gold, so it should work fairly well. What hardware are you using?

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#6 2008-06-29 11:41:23

Falcata
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Re: Wine Direct3D

Unfortunately, I am using a GeForce 8500 GT, which is not considered a serious gaming card.  I was going to go for the 8600, but for reasons I don't know, I went with the 8500.

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#7 2008-06-29 11:50:34

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Re: Wine Direct3D

I believe you can now get a 9600gt pretty cheap (150 €) and it seems to be a good card for gaming.

someone correct me If I'm wrong ...


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#8 2008-06-29 13:44:03

Falcata
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Re: Wine Direct3D

Maybe I'll use that in the computer I'm planning to build.  Can't upgrade to that on my current system, because it doesn't have PCI-Express 2.0

BTW: Nice signature, moljac.

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#9 2008-06-29 14:06:01

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Re: Wine Direct3D

PCI-Express 2.0 is backwords compatible with PCI-Express 1.0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Expres … xpress_2.0

also i can recommend the sparkle calibre 9600GT very quiet very good

Last edited by INCSlayer (2008-06-29 14:06:59)


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#10 2008-06-29 15:24:12

Falcata
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Re: Wine Direct3D

So, a PCI-E 2.0 card would work in a PCE-E 1.0 slot?

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#11 2008-06-29 15:38:17

moljac024
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Re: Wine Direct3D

Falcata wrote:

So, a PCI-E 2.0 card would work in a PCE-E 1.0 slot?

No, it won't. A PCI-E 1.0 card will work in a PCI-E 2.0 slot.


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#12 2008-06-29 16:47:49

Falcata
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Re: Wine Direct3D

Well, I checked wikipedia after replying to INCSlayer's post, and the PCI Express article said that 2.0 cards would work in 1.0 slots, except in cases with specific cards.  Although, understandably they wouldn't perform as well in a 1.0 slot as they would in a 2.0 slot.

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