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Re: 486 frame rates

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From: ato... David Moore
Date: Sat, 06 Apr 1996 00:00
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In article <4k4ql7$e...@jaxnet.jaxnet.com>,
   sha...@jax.jaxnet.com (Shawn) wrote:
>: I have a 486DX2-66, with an 1 Meg video card, and I see no 
>: slowdowns anywhere...  Runs faster than doom or doom2 did/does
>: on the same system.
>
>Try running it with 800 X 600 screen pitch & watch it crawl.
>

Why? What's the point, really? Anything more than 640X480 is pointless, 
anyway, at this point the game is already beautiful and anything higher is 
just gobbling up proccesor power. I suppose if you wasted money on an 
obsolete-in-a-second pentium you might feel a little better knowing you could 
run Duke at 800X600, but other than that who gives a crap? The game is great, 
even in 320X200. It's the GAME that makes the game great, not the graphics.

Dave
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Subject: Re: 486 frame rates
Date: 1996/04/06
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