[Wine] Re: WoW crashes Wine

[NuMPTy_87]

James McKenzie wrote:
> On 3/25/11 7:23 PM, tparker wrote:
> 
> > On 03/25/2011 09:14 PM, kinkywinky wrote:
> > 
> > > It is below the requirements but people have managed to make eee pcs 
> > > run with a hit to graphics and gameplay.
> > > 
> > > -lspci says that I'm using a
> > > 
> > > Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller
> > > 
> > 
> > It is very unlikely you will be able to run many games in linux with 
> > an Intel video card. Intel does not make good drivers for them and 
> > most of the cards do not meet the requirements for many games, even 
> > with Windows drivers. It could be worth search for a driver for it, 
> > good luck!
> > 
> > 
> It might be a good idea to invest into a recent nVidia video card.  
> Folks have enjoyed good results with AMD/ATI video cards.
> 
> James McKenzie


If you check his system specs he's running an EEE PC/netbook. Dedicated graphics aren't exactly the...norm in that segment :)

I don't think that box would play WoW on windows btw...it's not a wine issue. From the symptoms it sounds like he's just running out of available memory.