Gaming...

Nigh Unstoppabl · 07-18-2004, 08:38 PM

I am a true die hard gamer, my computer is basically just to play games, but I want to switch to Linux because it is so much faster than Windows... Problem is, I don't understand how to get games working on it. I have heard of Wine and WineX and Cedega, though I don't know anything about them, and what I have heard is that, well, they suck. Is there an alternative to gaming with Linux? I have heard of people playing Neverwinter Nights without Wine on Linux, so how is that possible?

darin3200 · 07-18-2004, 09:05 PM

Some major games are now being released for linux such as Unreal Tournament. Winex is a commercial version of Wine which is made specifically for games which can be found here. Also linux allows you the ability to make a machine that is really good at gaming. For instance, if you won't notice animated menu and eyecandy in kde or gnome while you're playing a game, why have it waste cpu and memory. You can shut things like that off to get optimal preformance.

PDR60 · 07-18-2004, 09:50 PM

I've been using transgaming since it came out and the new versions are just fantastic. They work great and now support directx 9.0

Nigh Unstoppabl · 07-18-2004, 09:51 PM

Yeah... I know that. I was just wondering if there was any other way though because Cedega (WineX 4.0-1) keeps telling me the find my CD-ROM devine AND mount point... I can only find the mount point, I don't know what it means by the device itself.