GL1zdA wrote:

leileilol wrote:

Quake2. The game was primarily developed on Permedia hardware

According to Carmack's plan they were using Intergraph workstations with RealiZm boards. They used Permedia boards for the Alpha port (scroll down, news from Brian Hook: http://www.quake2.com/oldnews/10-18-97_10-22-97.html) - and it was rather slow - I get a bit more than 10 FPS on my Alpha 21164 533 MHz with a Permedia 2 card (it's even worse on a GLoria XL with the Glint chipset). I still hope I will upgrade it to a Powerstorm (rebadged Intergraph RealiZm).

And here's a picture for proof.

And here's the full system he used

I'd seriously love to have one of those widescreen CRT's to go with my Intergraph system but the cost of freight shipping makes anything but local pickup a losing proposition.

ProfessorProfessorson wrote on 2012-02-17, 19:25:

On the benchmark scores posted above, I am curious as to what cpu the card is being paired with. I have only ever used the card with cpus above 400mhz, and I always find it to be a reliable card for games from like early 1998 and prior. A lot of games that would run with issues on other cards like Wipeout XL, Twisted Metal 2, Bio Freaks, Resident Evil, etc would just run perfect on the Permedia 2. Due to that I have a couple of them that I'm keeping stowed away.

I have bought a Permedia 2 based Creative Exxtreme Value AGP with 4MB SGRAM.
Thx a lot for mentioning the games, that run fluently, I will try them out asap.

Highlghter for me:
Resident Evil 1,2
Wipeout XL
Twistet Metal 2,
Bio Freaks

Further goals:

Quake 1 with GL pathc
Quake 2 with higher resolutions than 512*384 (yesterday this was the only 3D OpenGL resolution, all other switched to software)
Quake 3
Unreal 1
Deus Ex 1
WoT

eliot_new wrote on 2025-12-14, 16:31:

I have bought a Permedia 2 based Creative Exxtreme Value AGP with 4MB SGRAM. Thx a lot for mentioning the games, that run fluent […]
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I have bought a Permedia 2 based Creative Exxtreme Value AGP with 4MB SGRAM.
Thx a lot for mentioning the games, that run fluently, I will try them out asap.

Highlghter for me:
Resident Evil 1,2
Wipeout XL
Twistet Metal 2,
Bio Freaks

Further goals:

Quake 1 with GL pathc
Quake 2 with higher resolutions than 512*384 (yesterday this was the only 3D OpenGL resolution, all other switched to software)
Quake 3
Unreal 1
Deus Ex 1
WoT

Guess 4mb is too low for 3d games, my 8mb card worked with 800*600*16 in quake3.