[Wine] Lag when playing freeware games

[James McKenzie]

dandygandy2704 wrote:
> I switched to Linux recently and one of the biggest things I miss from Windows are freeware games such as Spelunky or Desktop Dungeons. So, I got Wine and downloaded those games, thinking they should run great and I'll be happy in Linux-Land.
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> The problem is they lag an ungodly amount, making them unplayable. Spelunky is a lot worse than Desktop Dungeons, which I guess I could suffer through, but I think it would be better if they ran lag-free. The FAQ had nothing to say on this, so I figured I'd ask here. So, has anyone else encountered similar problems when running games like this? And if so, how did you fix it?
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There are plenty of threads on improving Spelunky's performance under 
Wine.  Also there are suggestions in the Wine Applications Database:

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=9811

is the AppDb page for Spelunky.

The FAQ does not address these problems as they are particular to each 
program.

James McKenzie