[Wine] Re: i686 vs i386 Wine Binaries
Daniel Skorka
skorka at gmx.net
Mon Mar 19 00:46:02 CDT 2007
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
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