Xref: news2.mv.net comp.os.msdos.djgpp:3255 From: "Matthew J. Freyman" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: QUAKE and DJGPP Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 21:16:23 -0400 Organization: ProLog - PenTeleData, Inc. Lines: 33 Message-ID: <31841867.1F1D@postoffice.ptd.net> References: <199604272159 DOT OAA16868 AT netcom6 DOT netcom DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cs1-01.all.ptd.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Marc Singer wrote: > > > > > 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. Keep in mind that this release of Quake is a Deathmatch TEST. Not shareware, not out to win any awards for speed. When the final release hits the shelves, it'll run well, even on a high end 486. I played it on an Am5x86 133mhz box, which is roughly equivalent to a P-75 in speed, and I was satisfied with the speed. -- *********************************************************** * FLATLINE: * flatline AT prolog DOT net * * Stone Cold Dream of * * * a Dead-Hot Cyberjock * * *********************************************************** * Matthew J Freyman * **************************