Staging 2.3 has just been released in PPA Repos. Unfortunately performance in Guild Wars 2 is still 15-20fps less than 2.0 Staging. Meanwhile in Crysis Warhead there's 2-3 FPS more in Wine 2.3.

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Quoting: GrazenIt doesn't support 4K resolutions on Linux but they are fully supported on Windows :(

Try setting the resolution from the game's config file manually, it's located in '~/.local/share/unity3d/inXile Entertainment'

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I picked it yesterday but haven't had time to install it so far, glad it's working well.

Cheers Liam.

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Great news for AMD users, hopefully it will be enabled for Intel HD too one day (unless it's there already), Sometimes I'm stuck only with a laptop.

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Got new chassis for an AMD build ready here, so far it looks good and once benchmarks are up it's judgement day. 8 Cores / 16 Threads is hard to pass up.

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Compared to Staging-2.0 performance is much worse on Guild Wars 2, there's 7-20 frames fps loss. On the other hand in Crysis Warhead it stayed the same.

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Quoting: ShmerlHow long does it usually take for wine-staging to release their packages in their repos? It's still at 2.1 there.

Quoting: LeopardDevel or staging,which one is stable version?

Neither. But there is no point in using the stable version. Too many features are being added all the time. Staging has more bug fixes which are somewhat experimental still. I'm using staging for gaming.

It's normally a few days after the "normal" version, should be tomorrow or Tuesday.

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To anyone wondering how does the Linux port performs, it's wonderful. Tested the game on a low-end laptop with N2840 CPU (it's weaker than an i3 CPU) and the game still runs in the 50-60fps range.

Definitely a must buy game.

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Wine has come a long way in a very short time since the first time I started using it (v1.6.2). V2.0 is a beast.

Needless to say, without it I wouldn't have came to Linux full time. As an avid Guild Wars 2 player I could never separate myself from the game completely.

Big thanks to all the ones involved.

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While Intel HD Graphics may not be the best for gaming, they are able to play many games. I have an Acer laptop with an i3-5005U CPU, it's pretty much low end but it can play a lot of games, and when properly optimized even 3D ones - Shadow Warrior (2013) is one such example (around 30fps).

Best advice I can give when buying a laptop with only Intel Graphics is to make sure it has 2 memory slots, running in dual channel will give you a small fps boost in games since the GPU uses system ram.

PS: With so many advancements in Mesa, I hope these make it into the Ubuntu 18.04 / Mint 19 release next year.

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