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- From: Ned Bagno <nbagno@hooked.net>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
- Subject: Re: Please answer - Emplant + Picasso II
- Date: Sat, 02 Mar 1996 04:49:21 +0000
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- Michel J. Brown wrote:
- >
- > Andrew Stephan wrote:
- > >
- > > I would like to know how fast the the Picasso II is with Emplant. For
- > > example, it is useable for games that have a high frame rate per second?
- > >
- >
- > While I don't have an actual number to give you, I have played both
- > Wolfenstein 3D (shareware version), and Marathon (registered version), and
- > while it was not spectacular, I was able to play both games at the lowest
- > settings on my humble A2500/030 at a usable framerate.
- >
- > >
- > > (Doom being an obvious example.) Also, how fast is the Picasso II
- > > with ShapeShifter? Thanks!
- > >
- >
- > Couldn't tell you about DOOMI/II (plays fine on my Bridge Bored (tm)), but I
- > would tend to think that the shapeshifter version would be slower than the
- > emplant version, all other things being equal. Good luck, TTYL, ILBCNU!
- >
- >
- > Dr. Michel J. Brown, D.C.
- > mjbrown@teleport.com http://www.teleport.com/~mjbrown
- > 101010 -- The answer to life, the universe, and everything!
-
- I play DOOMII, Marathon, F18 etc, I would be nice if it was faster,
- but it is Very playable. I just reduce the screen size and resolution
- until I am happy with the frame rate. Your processor speed is very
- inportant for fast game play. I have a 40mhz Warp Engine on a A3000
- and this is I feel would be the minimum setup.
-