[Wine] Re: i686 vs i386 Wine Binaries

[Daniel Skorka]

Ragnarkar <none at none.com> wrote:
> I'm a linux newbie here..  just downloaded the Wine pacakge for Ubuntu and 
> I'm surprised at the number of Windows apps that are functional under Wine. 
> However, the performace is a bit lacking, especially in games though still 
> acceptable.  (I'm getting maybe 75% the framerate I'm used to.)
> 
> I've noticed that the version of Wine I'm using for Ubuntu is specifically 
> compiled for i386 systems;  I'm running an i686 kernel (on a 2.8Ghz Celeron) 
> now and I'm wondering if I'll get better performance if I download the 
> source and compile an i686 version of Wine myself?  Thanks. 

Most of the time, recompiling for your specific system will get you an
increase in performance. However, I do not know how much the increase
will be with wine. If you feel like it, go ahead and try.

Daniel