Add the following line to ”~/.wine/user.reg”:
[Software\\Wine\\X11 Driver] 1210627404 “ClientSideWithRender”=“N”
Useful e.g. if you are using XFCE instead of GNOME:
Enable graphics acceleration mode by adding the following line to /etc/X11/xorg.conf in section “Device”:
Option “AccelMethod” “XAA”
sudo apt-get install powertop
Run: sudo powertop
gksudo gconf-editor
See this article.