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The ATI Mach8 was a 8514/A graphics accelerator with no VGA core so it needed a separate base video card. AFAIK Doom never had a 8514/A mode, but there where a
by SigmundA 7y ago
The ATI Mach8 was a 8514/A graphics accelerator with no VGA core so it needed a separate base video card.
AFAIK Doom never had a 8514/A mode, but there where a very few games that did: https://www.classicdosgames.com/game/Mah_Jongg_-8514-.html https://www.classicdosgames.com/game/Mah_Jongg_-8514-.html
Back then accelerators where about GUI/windows acceleration and then the 3dfx came out...
- temac 7y agoAcceleration in that era was about 2d drawing, most of the time for desktop env. Completely uninteresting for 3d games like Doom. Probably uninteresting for even 2d games unless the acceleration in question support direct sprite rendering (like video game consoles)