PC-Engineer wrote on 2023-08-15, 05:20:
I wouldn't bother with 3D on a 486.
Back in the day, I did experience Virtual Reality (VR) on a 486..
This was in the mid-90s, when 3D shutter glasses were popular for a while.
They plugged into serial port, and an output pin of the V.24 was powering/enabling the LC filter, essentially.
In combination with the CRT VGA monitor, the odd and even fields could be seen by one eye each time.
Accelerators.. I mean, sure, 3D accelerators do benefit the most by a strong PC (no bottle neck).
But the other way round is also true, a 486 needs a 3D accelerator much more than a Pentium, exactly because it is weak.
That's why Voodoos were popular, after all.
They allowed the poor guys with a weak machine to run current games.
The guys with a normal, higher-end system could do play via software-rendering in maxium quality.
It's like the old situation of Amiga vs PC, I assume.
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