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adverbly • today at 1:43 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

Is software rendering the reason that people can run doom on everything?


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qingcharles • today at 3:40 PM

Yes, although Doom isn't categorized as a real 3D engine as such.

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phkahler • today at 1:48 PM

Yes

dmpk2k • today at 2:53 PM

A few years ago I seriously contemplated making a game using software rendering, in part because the only target was SDL. I actually got a 3D engine running 2K@60Hz with HL2-level scenes, with the CPU basically idle, so it's not a terrible idea.

(Then LLMs started taking off and I decided I needed to reskill out of the industry, just in case)