leileilol wrote on 2022-06-25, 02:40: Quake heavily uses the FPU. 486s won't stop having a weak FPU and 3D accelerators will never ever hope to overcome that. This is correct argument, I agree. ~20 fps - is enough for me from quake 2. For now it runs on software ~5-7 fps 320x200. I was amazed that …

I don't want to buy voodoo. They are expensive and quake 1 on voodoo ~ 17 fps on 640x480. This is too low for dream pc from our childhood. Ok, any other solutions except voodoo and rage that will run opengl? I have pci usb card, so it will have usb.

I believe that it is possible. I will install windows 98 + directx + opengl libs. This an experiment - I want to prove that it is possible.

Rage II and up, ATI was specifying Pentium II minimum, but it was working on other MMX class CPUs. I don't understand this. How CPU connected with GPU? Code has instructions, driver transforms them to hardware - run and go, yea 486 can slow down on some mp3 or engine calculations - eg gravity or …

leileilol wrote on 2022-06-23, 23:28: IIRC ATI Rage GL drivers should be an ICD part of the driver, not MiniGLs I don't understand this(IIRC - ? ICD -? ). Could you explain where I can get correct opengl32.dll? or install some correct driver or check it somehow?

leileilol wrote on 2022-06-23, 23:28: 486s can't install DX8) Shall I install Windows 98? how 486 connected with software part? Yea, it could be slow, but should run it.

Hello! I'm building retro pc and trying to start up Quake 1/2 on opengl. My Config: Zida 4DPS Am5x86 (80486 @ 133 MHz) 64 MB mem ATI Rage xl from Ali + 3.3 v soldered to atx CF IDE 4gb drive c Windows 95 I can't run any 3d acceleration. ATI Rage XL should support OpenGL 1.1 due specs, even 2.0. But …