Guild Wars 2 test run on Ubuntu 12.04 (Wine 1.5.12)

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Published on September 26, 2012 11:01:33 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtZvqPBx2O4

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Guild Wars 2 (2012)

Duration: 4:40

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Testing Guild Wars 2 on Ubuntu 12.04 using Wine 1.5.12 via PlayOnLinux.
Currently there appears to be an issue where the fps will not go above and beyond the range of 6-12 fps.

It is unknown to me if this is because Wine only uses one CPU core for the game, or if AMD's 12.8 Catalyst Driver has a problem within it. Lesser Nvidia cards on 3xx drivers in Lubuntu seem to work. They fare better garnering much higher fps, as similar as Windows.

Note*: I previously made attempts using GLC to record fullscreen, but GLC refuses to work with Wine apps that are fullscreen.

GW2 in fullscreen or windowed mode, maxed settings or low settings for me I still see the same FPS range of 6 -12 (sometimes it will stay around 9fps only).
The game menu and character story screens are super smooth when run at fullscreen 1080p, but gameplay as can be seen in this video is same through any settings.

This video was recorded using:
(gtk)RecordMyDesktop (game video)
OutRec (game sound)

This video was edited using:
OpenShot
GIMP 2.8


My computer rig specs:
CPU - AMD Phenom II x4 965 3.4GHz
GPU - AMD RadeonHD 6870 1GB GDDR5 (Catalyst 12.8)
RAM - 8GB DDR3 Corsair 1333MHz
OS - Ubuntu 12.04 64Bit/Windows 7 64Bit (Dual Boot)

Download Ubuntu 12.04 for free:
http://www.ubuntu.com/

Download GIMP 2.8 for free:
http://www.gimp.org/

About me:
I'm just a Malaysian student studying in Multimedia University Cyberjaya. I am currently in my 3rd year at the time of this video. I am in the Software Engineering and Games Development course(which has now been relabeled as Games Development under FCI).

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