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From: drake AT psu DOT edu (Ryan Drake)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: QUAKE and DJGPP
Date: 26 Apr 1996 21:21:04 GMT
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On 26 Apr 1996 15:05:43 GMT, Nathan Kopp shared with us these insightful words:

: I downloaded the QUAKE test demo about a month ago.  It ran painfully 
: slow on my P75, even in 320x200 mode.  Is this slowness the fault of 
: DJGPP (Descent II using DOS4GW runs much faster) or is it ineffecient 
: programming on the part of ID software.  Maybe they've got an optimized 
: version available now that runs faster (sounds that way...if somebody's 
: running it on a 486).  Comments anyone?

It may be your system configuration. I have seen the quake test run well
( greater than 20 fps in 320x200 ) on P-66's, and I get 37 fps on my
P90.  Try booting clean - you may have a driver that is conflicting or
at least slowing it down.

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