I believe there are many people who uses linux as their main os. Step into guild wars, the awardwinning fantasy online roleplaying game enjoyed by millions of players. Guild wars 2 is one of the few games where the processor can have a fairly large impact on performance. Sep 22, 2017 dlgamer allows you to download guild wars 2. Playonlinux will allow you to play your favorite games on linux easily. For the first time ever, guild wars trilogy combines guild wars, factions, and nightfall into a single amazing experience. And that doesnt work all the time, especially in wvw. Guild wars 2 supported software playonlinux run your. Just to add my opinion, ive tried both ati and nvidia cards under serveral versions of linux. I ran the test with gw2 on an i54590 8gb ram gtx 960 384. Hello, i just brought a new nvidia gtx 650 ti, former i was using an ati amd card.
Guild wars 2 graphics settings walkthrough pc gamer. You literally have to be on top of someone before they appear on your screen. If it is broken, i prefer switch the manufacturer from ati to nvidia or backward, otherwise i prefer to stick to the same manufacturer. Guild wars 2 pcgamingwiki pcgw bugs, fixes, crashes, mods.
Framerate is similar or lower with amd mesa on guild wars 2. I keep seeing similar question regarding drivers on linux for both nvidia and ati that is impossible to keep at the same time but there is no solution for my problem. Bluescreen on first boot after insta nvidia geforce forums. Guild wars pcgamingwiki pcgw bugs, fixes, crashes, mods. Sep 11, 2015 first time as i opened up guild wars 2 gw2. Buy guild wars 2 official website pc cd key instant. Vulkan on intel hd gpus is mainly supported on 5th. It would be great to see a linux port in the future. It is possible to connecte dongle to 1st ati card too. Ive been having issues getting guild wars to run under wine myself im using an ati 9550 graphics card. Playing guild wars 2 on linux performance optimizations. Nvidia geforce 3 series 64 mb of vram, ati radeon 9600. Feb 07, 2009 ok so im soon to get a new 24 imac, 2. Another commonly requested game for me to cover in the install.
Very happy with the performance so far and stable in all the games ive thrown at it. As you probably know, gw2 on linux is being played through wine, which translates graphics and system calls on the fly between gw2 which thinks its on windows and directx 9 and linux which uses opengl. A user submitted basic guild wars 2 profile that incorporates all buttons during active gameplay and can be used as a base for further modifications for specific classes can be found here. Incorrect no linux distributions are citified as unix, all linux distros are mostly posix compliant, but theres no formal posix stamp on them. The nvidia proprietary drivers have a hard limit of 128 mb for the global shader cache and gw2 blows through this easily all on its ownit was 112 mb after just a single run of the game. Lutris is an open source gaming platform for linux.
I have installed linux mint on external ssd disk 256gb so i could freely jump from one computer to another and keep my settingsprogramsdata in one place. No more info for mac or linux port then when the original gw was release. Intel hd 3000 or better 256mb of video ram and shader model 3. Using a radeon rx 580 with an intel i5 4690k, with linux 4. Its like your fighting invisible enemies sometimes. As can be seen in our chart, stronger graphics cards can be found below their weaker. Hello linux gamers, this package aims to provide an easy way to play. I even tried to update my ati drivers, but they slow my computer down tremendously, too. Based off of wine staging, it includes pulseaudio sound support and full direct3d acceleration over opengl using the experimental csmt engine, rivalling the. If you want to use open source drivers, amd is the way to go, but if you game and want max performance, nvidia is better.
Wine staging is being used normal wine doesnt work with cuda. Most of the videos i found of guild wars 2 running via wine dont show much action and most of. All of these tweaks within the drivers are meant for those with computers in the mid to high range performance. Question asked by eloycorderomunoz on feb 2, 2016 latest reply on feb 3. A week ago, anet released a mac client, currently in public beta the client, not the game, saying that. Jun 15, 20 in this article i will show you the proper setting for guild wars 2 aa features and show you another tip for gaining the most out of aa possible. Guild wars 2 nvidia 1080 ti ultra settings youtube. Playing guild wars 2 on linux testing d9vk october 2019. Today it arrives, i uninstalled every ati amd software, turned off the computer and exchange the cards.
Begin in guild wars on the continent of tyria where the human kingdoms are under attack by the vicious charr. Playing guild wars 2 on linux performance optimizations and more. Due to different environment variables and registry settings, i will be offering 2 versions of the package, 1 for nvidia users and the other for intelamd. Nvidia graphics forum for guild wars 2 codeweavers. This may change someday, but probably not within the scope of their current development cycle in this game. Personally, i stick to a video card until it is broken or until i really want to upgrade. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Its a surprisingly temperamental game, considering its age, but it should run on most linux distros. Dec 22, 2012 guild wars 2 is arguably the best modern mmo in that it offers all the convenience that we have had with cloned template games like aion, aoc, lotro, warhammer, rift, and etc. A couple years ago i wanted to switch totally to linux and the distro of my choice was fedora, at that time playing a windows game on linux was impossible for most, wine was just getting started up, there was no lutris, if you got a title to run on wine at that point it was a big accomplishment but also a big disappointment performancewise.
Is there a file that crossover use when it launch the application. Perhaps i made something wrong, i start guild was 2 every time with run command after choosing the bottle. Nvidia broken ati broken nvidia current since 2 years, longest so far. Guild wars 2 bringing antialiasing to the game ipkonfig. Get access to all the expansionspecific features like gliding, four explorable maps, and nine elite specializations. Its an optimization for nvidia cards and the nvidia driver above 310. Nvidia drivers work under any version, any version of xfree, and are simple to use and find. One display connected to first ati card1st pcie slot no one to nvidia 3th pcie slot and dummy vga dongle to second ati card7th pcie slot. Using the wine software, guild wars 2 can be run on unixlike operating systems, such as linux.
Can i have both nvidia and amd cards on linux phoronix forums. It installs and launches games so you can start playing without the hassle of. I do not really understand technical computer language enough to know if my laptop up to par with the minimum system requirements of the game. The winegw2 project is a dedicated distribution of wine with a few custom utilities that enable you to play guild wars 2 with either the standard 32bit or the new 64bit game client. But its also designed to scale down smoothly so that the game can run on lowerend machines as well. Path of fire is the second expansion for the awardwinning game, guild wars 2. As the balance of magic comes undone, lead your allies in the hunt for the rogue god balthazar, whose scorchedearth campaign threatens the very existence of tyria. Guild wars 2 minimum system requirements pcmaclinux. While nvidia is still my main gaming gpu, i did finally acquire an amd card to test with, the rx 5500 xt 8gb model. New versions of ubuntu install them automatically but if you are running nvidia drivers and want to.
I run on a ryzen 5 2600x and on a nvidia gtx 1060ti. Guild wars and linux this is simple enough for people who have been using linux and wine a long time i would think. From pcgamingwiki, the wiki about fixing pc games this page is a stub. Guild wars 2 forums the official guild wars 2 forums, hosted by arenanet multiple languages available. Ati drivers are not very well documented, dont work with the latest version of xfree, and as yet i have yet to get 3d under ati to work at. As for amd its a different situation, with a modern wine version with galliumnine support it outperforms nvidia in this game. Jun 19, 2008 opengl cant currently take full advantage of the newer nvidia or ati cards, so windows is a defacto standard, even in the linux world. Guild wars 2 core game and heart of thorns operating system. I want to put together a few tips slash small guide for a good gw2 experience on linux doesnt really matter what flavor. As for amd its a different situation, with a modern wine version with galliumnine support. Arenanets guild wars 2 has been out for a month for microsoft windows gamers. The original guild wars series sold over seven million units across north america and europe and continues to enjoy an active, loyal player base. Bringing guild wars 2 to the mac is huge for us, because it introduces the game to an entire group of players who are often ignored by game developers.