There’s something else going on with that first video. I had a 386sx@25MHz and it wasn’t that slow. Unless that demo has the detail cranked up to high or something like that. Although, like that first commenter I had a math co-processor, so maybe that helped.
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shadearg@lemmy.world 4 months ago40MHz is plenty for doom.
Ew, no. Even 386 DX/40 is terrible for Doom:
Doom timedemo 386 DX 40 MHz DOS PC
486 SX/33 is painful, you really want 486 DX2/66:
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 4 months ago
shadearg@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Are you sure you didn’t set low-detail with the viewport cranked way down? I played it on the same machine with a math co-processor and it could not handle high-detail and the large viewport in the video.
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I think the detail level made a pretty big difference. I definitely ran it in low and kind of forgot that high was an option, but the shotgun animation in that video is bringing up some traumatic memories.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 4 months ago
Can confirm. My dad had a 386DX-40 when I got my hands on a copy of Doom, and it was a fucking slideshow at best.