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My memory must be playing funny buggers with me because I don't remember my old 486 running certain games as slowly as my new machine does.
Most 2D games it runs really well (almost like they were made for it) with some others being playable but not the greatest like Quake. Quake runs at about 4 fps, but is perfectly playable and very responsive unlike Duke Nukem 3D. Duke not only runs with what appears to be a lower fps but also stutters and is very unresponsive. It's Duke3D in particular that I remember being at least playable on my old machine and the hardware in that one was worse than my current build. Am I missing something or does Duke3D run like garbage for everyone else with similar machines. Lowest settings both in the settings menu and in game and I see no changes. Maybe my tolerance to play the latest and greatest games was just too overpowering and my brain told me than were at least playable. I even remember spending quite a bit of time making maps for it. Minimum requirements were a vague 486 with 8MB RAM.
Just wondering if maybe I'm missing some secret setting or my memory is not as good as I thought it was. Not that I was never expecting miracles from it, but I remember certain things running a little faster than they do now.
Intel 486 DX33
16MB RAM
Cirus Logic GD5428 2mb VLB
VLB I/O controller with UMC chip
Elitegroup UC4914-G motherboard /w 256K cache