🚀 go-pugleaf

sv...@oslonett.no (Sven Anders Robbestad) wrote:


>>But without Memory managers? You still have to boot up with
>>HIMEM.SYS (at least).
>>  For running MPs F1GP, I have to omit the
>>german keyboard driver and some of the small TSRs that make DOS-
>>Sessions more comfortable.
>>DESCENT runs perfectly, but *faster*?
>>I'ld like to say, as fast as under plain DOS6 (maximum), but not faster
>--
>>(btw, how should it do that?)
>Because most video cards released now are optimized for Windows graphic use rather than
>Dos graphic use. This optimization will help games be faster than in the equivalent Dos based
>enviroment. There are, of course, millions of other factors that pushes or slows down this
>effect but regarding the speed issues this is a major factor.
>--
>Anyhu, I think it will be easier to run games under Win95. At least, there should be less
>of those irritating midi blues. I base this on my experience with games through Win 3.11 
>compared to Dos 6.22. Even on selecting GM through Dos with KQ6 I get a sound that
>is less sophisticated than the one I get with the Win 3.11 version. Sounds stupid, but still, 
>reality is reality.

This doesn't affect Descent in the slightest.

Descent does not take advantage of Windows graphics cards.  To take
advantage of the accelerated functions, the game has to be programmed
for it, or go through the Windows GDI/DirectDraw/GDI.  Descent does
none of this, as it is a DOS game.

The reason it is likely faster is that the DOS4GW extender does not
have to switch into "real mode" for disk access- all disk reads/writes
under 95 are in 32-bit mode.