So here is the thing, I'm tryinv to play Quake 1 in pure dos in 640x480. On a laptop with Pentium 266mhz MMX. I'm getting 10 fps:
https://youtu.be/MHs4oqKxg-I?t=156
Maybe that what i should have, or there is a chance i can have better performance? I've tried utilities like fastvid, but looks like they all work on newer CPU's. Performance in pure dos and in windows is the same.
vorob wrote on 2022-09-05, 08:24:So here is the thing, I'm tryinv to play Quake 1 in pure dos in 640x480. On a laptop with Pentium 266mhz MMX. I'm getting 10 fps:
https://youtu.be/MHs4oqKxg-I?t=156
Maybe that what i should have, or there is a chance i can have better performance? I've tried utilities like fastvid, but looks like they all work on newer CPU's. Performance in pure dos and in windows is the same.
I don't remember ever testing a Pentium at 640 x 480 in Quake/software mode, but I'm pretty sure that 10 FPS is pretty much what you can reasonably hope for with such a CPU. 😀
EDIT: According to Tom's Hardware, apparently it should be ~ 15 FPS.
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vorob wrote on 2022-09-05, 08:24:So here is the thing, I'm tryinv to play Quake 1 in pure dos in 640x480. On a laptop with Pentium 266mhz MMX. I'm getting 10 fps:
https://youtu.be/MHs4oqKxg-I?t=156
Maybe that what i should have, or there is a chance i can have better performance? I've tried utilities like fastvid, but looks like they all work on newer CPU's. Performance in pure dos and in windows is the same.
what do you get in 320x200 or 320x240
a 266mhz Pentium shouldn't be the throttle here
This is normal.
All that I can possibly suggest that could improve it is using S3VBE, but don't expect miracles (like P6 optimization).
vorob wrote on 2022-09-05, 08:24:So here is the thing, I'm tryinv to play Quake 1 in pure dos in 640x480. On a laptop with Pentium 266mhz MMX. I'm getting 10 fps:
That's normal performance for a Pentium MMX at 640x480 using software rendering. There's a reason people were using Voodoo cards back in the day. Take a look at my benchmarks with and without the Voodoo.
If you want to play Quake 1 at 640x480 using software rendering with 30+ FPS, you need at least a Pentium II 400 and a graphics card which works with FASTVID. However, if you want 60+ FPS you probably need a Pentium 3 at 800 MHz or higher.
In 320x200 or 320x240 i'm getting good fps. But it's low resolution 😀
By the way, I've got a question. In pure dos I don't have anything higher then 3**x2** resolution. I need to run UniVBE and then i'll all of them. But! With UniVBE i've got garbage in 320x240. You can see it here:
https://youtu.be/MHs4oqKxg-I?t=145
No idea what this all means.
I'll check S3VBE.
