[Playing Guild Wars 2 on Linux - Performance optimizations and more.]

@jbrother.1340 said:How old is the T430 you are using? I can get these things dirt cheap and my current laptop is suck and plays it bad.The xx30 series has been produced around 2012 I think. I actually have two of them, one of which has a quad core CPU (i7-3632QM) and other has stock i5-3320M. I also have an i5-3360M to test with, but there is not much difference between them. One of them has Coreboot flashed with Intel Management Engine disabled. I have a Full HD modification as well as the classic keyboard mod. It makes the most useful machine you can get today, in my opinion.

The game runs perfectly well on both machines, modded and stock.

How much ram are you using, is it maxed out?8GB. Theoretical maximum is 16GB as far as I know.

What distro are you running on it? I am just curious.I am currently using ArchLinux.

[Playing Guild Wars 2 on Linux - Performance optimizations and more.]

@ArmoredVehicle.2849 said:Today I gave a test run with Wine 3.3 + Staging + PBA, the performance was slower than the current build based on Wine 2.21.

I have tested wine-2.21 on both T430 and X230. Performance increase is very very noticeable. We are able to play PvP without the game freezing for a few seconds and we do not get average of 20fps anymore. My T430 can sit around 40-50fps (small fights) on minimal settings with native sampling at 1920x1080. Interestingly, lowering the resolution does not increase performance at all. Should I build and test the new version as well?

[Playing Guild Wars 2 on Linux - Performance optimizations and more.]

I will also use this thread to plug our guild for users of unix-like operating systems - [unix] Penguins And The Like.I thought it would be nice if players had an active channel to ask for help with Guild Wars 2 on linux. If you wish to join, let me know and I will send you an invite.

[Playing Guild Wars 2 on Linux - Performance optimizations and more.]

I have to confirm that these patches do bring performance boosts.It is noticeable on my T430 with an i5-3632QM and HD4000 at 1920x1080. Frame rate is much more stable and somewhat higher. I have only tested it in low-intensive areas now, but I will do more testing as time goes by. I will try it on an X230 as well.