abyss wrote:I checked trough the technical specs at mobygames and a few need at least a 32mhz 1200 and their is quake for amiga that looks like the pc version. Their is dosbox for the os/2 and i doubt those go faster than a pentium without being upgraded. Many of those are about 32 mhz and their is dosbox for pocket pc and those go around 32 mhz.
So you're comparing a native Quake port to something that is emulated?
You do realise that DOSBox is an emulator, right? As such, it emulates the hardware. You're having a major flaw in your argument if you don't realise realise the difference between emulated hardware and non-emulated hardware and the architectural differences between the PC and the Amiga (which is why the dynamic core won't work on the Amiga). And considering you actually been here a member for awhile and have 200+ posts, it's something you should be aware of by now.
And have you ever tried Quake on a 32mhz 1200? I used the Amiga a lot back when Quake was released for it, and the general consciousness was that it was unplayable on anything less than a 50mhz 68060, and that's in the low 320x200 res. Heck, the fastest Doom port was barely playable on my 50mhz 68030 Amiga in 320x200 without lowering the settings slightly. Playable > 10 FPS IMO.
Get an old PC (75mhz Pentium), install Windows 2000/XP on it and run DOSBox with the normal core and try to make Quake/Duke3D or whatever to run well on that. It won't happen. But it would still run DOSBox better than an Amiga.