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In article <42fb4h$1...@utaipx02.uta.edu>,
Jay B Biggerstaff <JBB...@utarlg.uta.edu> wrote:
>chris (ch...@skypoint.com) wrote:
>: In article <4230ac$6...@news.mountain.net>,
>:    ge...@ahcbsd1.ovnet.com (Gene) wrote:
>: >If that cheesy 'Hover' game is ANY indication of how, 'smooth', games
>: >can run under Win95 using the built in routines offered by Win95......
>: >I'll stick with DOS!! I mean, the game updated at like 1 frame every
>: >20 seconds.
>: > And if ONE person says I have a slow system and it runs nice on THEIR
>: >system...... I'll personally hunt you down and beat you up for being so
>: >stupid! I'm not some newbie with a 386SX-16.
>: > The game is slow on every system I've seen it on. That ranges from
>: >DX4-100s to P90s to my P133 with a Stingray PCI video card. (Pumping
>: >out 132fps in 3DBench!!!!!!!!!!!)
>: >
>
>: No, you're right.Hover sucks bad..even on 100+s.Play a few more games and 
>: you'll see the perf is just as good as DOS (& that's not even '95 specific 
>: coding).  Hover is just a _*_POORLY_*_ coded game.
>
>If you think Hover runs slow on Win95 then you should see Phantasmagoria which
>even has an autoplay feature.  I have a 486DX4/100, 16M of mem, and a Plextor
>4X CD ROM (625K conv., 14500K extended) and it ran VERY choppy in Win 95.  The
>box states that it will run on a 486/25, but it doesn't tell you that's in DOS
>mode.  The manual in the box states that Phant requires a 486/66 or above for
>smooth operation in WIn 95. I have a faster system than that and the audio and
>video was chopped up, especially during the intro.  Yet, when I reboot to DOS
>mode and run it, it works fine and is smooth.  Anyone have an explanation for
>this?  It's funny how Sierra always seems to hide the disclaimers inside the
>box.  If we all had X RAY vision, we'd all be better off in purchasing these
>products.  As for Microsoft,they're not any better for pushing this operating
>system as being efficient to play games.  People should have to upgrade to a
>Pentium 90+ just to use this operating system efficiently.  It's a 32 bit
>operating system and should run great on a 32 bit system.
>

It was smooth in my system.  I have a P90, 16 Mb.  
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