From: elf AT netcom DOT com (Marc Singer)
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Subject: Re: QUAKE and DJGPP
To: stiletto AT psu DOT edu
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 14:58:46 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <4lreo0$11ct@hearst.cac.psu.edu> from "Ryan Drake" at Apr 26, 96 09:21:04 pm
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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.

Could be slow video hardware.  I'd have to say that the programming
skills of ID are, at present, impeccable.