How slow is Doom on a 386 DX 40 ?

[@terenceskill9526]

I remember having played it in full-screen, but low-res and it ran very smoothly this way.

[@FightingForceSoulless]

Here's a pro tip.
Reduce the size of the Doom window in the settings, and then enlarge the CRT viewing picture to max. That way you get both performance and size.

[@thewhyzer]

I played Doom on 368dx40 myself, heh. I remember using the option which lowered the game's internal resolution or something (F5 for toggling between High Detail and Low Detail) and it ran much better.

[@8-bitcentral31]

This is brilliant performance for a 386 for me and perfectly playable, although if it were we I would shrink the screen maybey one more size just to remove some of the horrible frame drops.

[@UTUBMRBUZZ]

did play it on a 486DX2 100. It was so smooth. Did have a Olivetti 386sx 16Mhz as the first PC. It was a bit slow...

[@moeschizlac]

Add an additional 4mb of ram and you should be able to run this game full screen with no green border.

[@theamigashow9506]

It's easy to forgot how these things used to play. Is Doom running in 2x2 pixels?

[@DaniloSavioni]

Yep, the same settings i use to play on my Tf 1230 030 50 Mhz...with very similar performance.

[@theamigashow9506]

That’s really interesting. A little peak at what could have been.

[@perfectionbox]

I remember Descent being unplayable on a 386, and even on my 486/66 I had to shrink the screen pretty small.

[@sanantohomie]

you must have not have had a sweet sweet S3 VIRGE which accelerated Descent! RIP

[@perfectionbox]

@@sanantohomie Yeah I didn't get a graphics accelerator until 1998 (a Diamond something) to play Shadows of the Empire on a 200 Mhz Pentium

[@lordmaximus780]

Doesn't seem to run too badly. Better than the Saturn port lol

[@fungo6631]

You might want to add some more RAM.

[@Thominator912]

my PC and my Game in 1993 🤣

[@tomnicist]

Ma sto 386 fa le fiaccoleeeee, è na spadaaaa

[@luckyluckydog123]

is this a 386 or a 486DLC? it makes a big difference

[@DaniloSavioni]

it's an AMD 386 DX 40 Mhz.

[@robsonrobbi1763]

@@DaniloSavioni you can overclock it to 60 mhz if mothetboard allows it i used to do it back in the day