WoW runs especially well on Nvidia video card hardware because Nvidia has well supported drivers for Linux. See here and here for more info on installing updated drivers for your graphics card. Sometimes the graphics card is just not well enough supported in the driver, and other times a driver update or reinstall solves the problem. This article tries to address the common issues people are having with running World of Warcraft using Wine under Ubuntu.Ī failed DRI test from the intro of the guide, as well as problems that persist after you have explored and tried on all of these different hints and tips, are often related to graphics cards and drivers.