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Are these two games running optimally?

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First post, by MrEWhite

Posted on 2015-12-20, 18:46

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I have tested two games so far on my Pentium III 1.13 GHz, Quake and Blood.
Blood in 640x480 runs at about 50-80 FPS with a TNT2, and Quake in 640x480 runs at about 50 FPS in timedemo 1.
But Quake in 320x200 runs at about 150 FPS, which other people on here get around 200 FPS with a Pentium 3 with a similar clockspeed.
Is this optimal for this hardware setup? If not, what should I do to improve FPS? The motherboard is a GA-6VTXE.

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Reply 1 of 8, by alexanrs

Posted on 2015-12-20, 18:48

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Is that in bare DOS mode or inside Windows?

Reply 2 of 8, by F2bnp

Posted on 2015-12-20, 18:52

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FASTVID?

Reply 3 of 8, by Trank

Posted on 2015-12-20, 19:03

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Thats on a Pentium 800mhz, 512mb ram, Geforce4 ti 4400.

The TNT2 i would guess be the thing giving you some framerate drop at 480p.

Reply 4 of 8, by MrEWhite

Posted on 2015-12-20, 20:05

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I am running both of these in software, not GLQuake, with Fastvid option 011, bare DOS. Fastvid only added a few frames.

Reply 5 of 8, by MrEWhite

Posted on 2015-12-23, 02:02

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Yeah, I saw people with TNT2's and Pentium 3-S 1.4 GHz are getting around 200 FPS @ 320x200. Is there anything I can do to improve FPS? (without upgrading my 1.13GHz P3)

Reply 6 of 8, by alexanrs

Posted on 2015-12-23, 02:47

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M64 (aka crippled) TNT2s or fully fledged TNT2?

Reply 7 of 8, by PhilsComputerLab

Posted on 2015-12-23, 03:56

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VIA chipset?

I found that Intel does better in DOS.

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Reply 8 of 8, by MrEWhite

Posted on 2015-12-23, 04:10

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philscomputerlab wrote:
VIA chipset?

I found that Intel does better in DOS.

It is a VIA chipset.

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