quake/articles/1996/art-563

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From: "Chris Frappier"

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Subject: Re: 486 hint

Date: 2 Oct 1996 11:52:17 +0100

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[Not an announcement, but I think it's of general interest -- moderator]

Jared Price wrote in article

<01bbac87$20aea720$25adbacd@Brian>...

> Just a little hint to get your 486 to run quake faster. Get Sci Tec's

> Display Doctor program from shareware.com. This little program improved my

> frame rate by 40% in higher res modes. I have a AMD Dx4 133 and it runs

> great. This also works on my AMD Dx4 100.

I didn't get any great benefit from this program on my DX4 100. I tried to

uninstall the program after the 21 day trial period but it left all kind of

garbage behind and Choosing Suspend from the Start menu gives me an error

now.

[pmj@usk.pk.edu.pl (Piotr Marek Jr.) was also unimpressed, saying it gave a

maximum of "10-15% more fps" on his "DX4120 with S3 Trio64V+" -- moderator]