World of Warcraft lag nightmare

[Phedrea]

Hey,

I just went from Windows Vista to Linux. My brother actually did it for me since I am pretty much your basic computer retard. However, I have been reading up on forums and trying to figure this all out.
My issue is, in Windows Vista I generally had 18 fps in Org and Dal, 13 fps in 10 mans and 6 fps in 25's. I heard linux runs incredible with WoW. So tell me why I'm getting a consistent 9 fps in cities and 3 fps in 5 mans? I expected the cursor lag because of the lack of hardware cursor for linux users in WoW, but I can't even run 5 mans Any ideas? And I have all setting on low, lightings on low, all effects turned off and distance at almost all the way down.

Linux-x86
NVIDIA Driver Version: 185.18.36
GPUs: GeForce 7000M / nForce 610M (GPU 0)
Ubuntu Release 9.10 (karmic)
Kernel Linux 2.6.31-20 generic
gnome 2.28.1
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 DualCore Processor TK-57

Not sure what other system information you may want

[devils casper]

How did you install Nvidia Driver in Linux?
Post the output of this

sudo lspci | grep -i vga
grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf

[Phedrea]

sudo lspci | grep -i vga

00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C67 [GeForce 7000M / nForce 610M] (rev a2)

grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Driver "nvidia"

[devils casper]

It looks like you have installed Nvidia Driver correctly.
As I asked earlier, how did you install it?

Post the contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf file here.

[Phedrea]

I think I opened the System > Administration > Hardware Drivers and let it scan and chose the recommended one selected.

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
DefaultDepth 24
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Default Device"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection

[devils casper]

Backup existing xorg.conf file and create new.

cd /etc/X11
sudo mv xorg.conf xorg.conf.old
sudo nano xorg.conf

Paste these contents :

Section "Module"
         Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "Device"
       Identifier "Configured Video Device"
       Driver "nvidia"
       Option "NoLogo" "True"
       Option "RenderAccel" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
         Identifier "Configured Monitor"
         HorizSync 31.5 - 50.0
         VertRefresh 40-90
         Option "UseEdidFreqs" "1"
         Option "ReducedBlanking"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Default Screen"
        Monitor "Configured Monitor"
        Device "Configured Video Device"
        DefaultDepth 24
        Subsection "Display"
             Depth 24
             Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubsection
EndSection

Save file and reboot machine.

[coopstah13]

isn't it better to generate xorg.conf with Xorg -configure command? these settings may not work for OP, especially resolutions, I find that the command works very well at generating the file

I don't understand how you can play the game even with FPS that low (20)

[devils casper]

Xorg -configure command doesn't generate correct values for Monitor section most of the time.

[coopstah13]

I've personally never had a problem with it, used it on a bunch of different machines with different monitors

[Phedrea]

"Failed to find a suitable display device. Exit Program"

Is the error message I got after I changed the etc/X11/xorg.conf file as instructed. Maybe I messed up some where ?