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If you only had or experienced IBM-compatible PCs. If you started on a Commodore or Amiga, the PC speaker to Sound Blaster/Adlib shift was more akin to just cat

If you only had or experienced IBM-compatible PCs. If you started on a Commodore or Amiga, the PC speaker to Sound Blaster/Adlib shift was more akin to just catching up. I wasn't completely happy until the 486 era because of this. The Voodoo1 4MB which I had back then as well, was unprecedented. I agree that the Sound Blaster was great (in isolation against older x86 PCs), but 3dfx was the first standout example of the fruit in the IBM-compatible space, and a clear demonstration in the gaming sense as to why it took over the market.

armitron 8y ago
The first standout example was VGA and games that fully took advantage of it. I was an Amiga user but AGA was too little too late and architecturally a disaster for certain games (DOOM, Quake). Even games like Monkey Island and Indiana Jones were a lot better on VGA than Amiga. The game that did it for me was Privateer vs Elite II. I had to get a PC after I saw it. It was crystal clear the Amiga could not compete.