Can The Tiny 486 Run Doom??

[@TheEricExperiment]

Check out the original video if you haven't yet: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJzYinqimp5_aJI

That sound blaster speaker is so cool, I had one of this years ago, so nostalgic

[@andrewloranger]

Came to say the same thing - that Sound Blaster speaker set is one that so many of us remember, I was feeling the nostalgia vibes coming them too!

[@thetj8243]

it's interesting how huge the keyboard looks in relation to the tiny pc and monitor 👍

[@therealegr]

I knew a 486 had the power to run Doom

[@AlistairBrugsch]

BITD I ran it on a 386. Not well but it ran. At lowest settings and with a slightly reduced screen size

[@jonathanj.3695]

​@@CovenantAgentLazarus😂 The gaming struggles we had back then were real.

[@jeremyf1901]

Love it! I wish I had the skill to build a retro pc to ring games of that time period.

[@anasevi9456]

nice performance, that little thing really impresses in DOS. Hope to see those cases kits sale if it's not too much, I think you might be onto a trend and it would be a crime given the monumental work that went into it. That being said, wouldn't blame you for being done too with that. 😅

[@b_risky]

nice build bro

[@retrotomat]

Since you can’t use anything faster than ISA on the external bus due to the small form factor, I think the only way to improve significantly the performance of this build would be to replace the SBC with a variant that has onboard video. Also that’d free one of the 4 slots and some of the limited space. You can see such SBC on LGR channel. He had pretty good benchmark results with it.

[@TheEricExperiment]

Yeah, I wanted one of those but they are a bit expensive now =(

[@005AGIMA]

Love it mate!!!! The more I see this rig, the more I love it to bits. Great job! I'd have killed for that kind of framerate in Doom back in the day.

[@jonathanj.3695]

Man. This was my first computer way back in the day. A 486, Windows 95/98, MSDOS terminals and DOOM were my childhood. God. I miss those days. Computers nowadays are laughably easy to use in comparison to what we had back then (yet they have way more annoying problems than their predecessors. Go figure).

[@thomasgordon02]

More astoundings from computer capn!

[@jordanm2984]

Oh my god I want that baby CRT monitor.

[@matthewday7565]

Not a CRT, check the previous video

[@jordanm2984]

@@matthewday7565 :O Oh wow, this build is cool!

[@snikeplassken]

Origin Systems had some of the most demanding games for that period: try System Shock, BioForge or Wing Commander III.

[@ridingnerdy6406]

You need some tiny Soundblaster speakers to go with it.

[@TheRetroRaven]

You can get a bit more jucie out of it, by using the FastDoom source port.

[@RetroTinkerer]

I know this DX4 seems to be underperforming, but damn, it better be at least as fast as the famous DX2 66... Did I miss the benchmark numbers? 🤔

[@rebeccaschade3987]

It underperforms due to the ISA graphics. The transfer speed via ISA bus is a major bottleneck for running games released after about '92 or so. It would probably do okay with less graphically intensive games, but Doom wasn't a light game at the time. Such a fun little build though :)

[@SuperGourmetguy]

I reckon it could play Quake

[@TheEricExperiment]

I don't know about that

[@SuperGourmetguy]

@@TheEricExperiment I've seen other DX4 100s playing Quake. Although they didn't have the unique motherboard of yours

[@RetroTinkerer]

@@SuperGourmetguy with "play" you meant 14.1FPS on a very very late DX4 100 @120MHz on a super fast motherboard using a very fast 40MHz VLB video card? Search for 486quakerace, maybe you are viewing your memories through rose tinted glasses?

[@matthewday7565]

Not well, remember how Quake leverages a real Pentium FPU and isn't even that good on some Pentium equivalents, maybe with a PODP?

[@SuperGourmetguy]

@@RetroTinkerer haha I think you're probably right. I remember it playing but probably 15fps was correct

[@dorisliu7395]

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