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Doom: DJGPP vs Watcom vs. Digital Mars vs. CC386 (Miscellaneous)

posted by RayeR , CZ, 15.01.2026, 08:04

On real DOS machine (Pentium Pro 200) the differences are not so fancy,
I got:
original doom: 64,08 FPS
djdoom: 66,65 FPS
others crashed/hanged

BTW for really old PCs it's interesting to try DOOM8088 (VGA/EGA/CGA/MDA/textmode) https://github.com/FrenkelS/Doom8088

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Complete thread:

• Doom: DJGPP vs Watcom vs. Digital Mars vs. CC386 - Rugxulo, 11.01.2026, 20:06 (Miscellaneous)
  • Doom: DJGPP vs Watcom vs. Digital Mars vs. CC386 - Guti, 12.01.2026, 17:08
    • Doom: DJGPP vs Watcom vs. Digital Mars vs. CC386 - RayeR, 13.01.2026, 22:43
  • Doom: DJGPP vs Watcom vs. Digital Mars vs. CC386 - RayeR, 15.01.2026, 08:04
    • Doom: DJGPP vs Watcom vs. Digital Mars vs. CC386 - RayeR, 18.01.2026, 16:07
      • Doom: DJGPP vs Watcom vs. Digital Mars vs. CC386 - Rugxulo, 18.01.2026, 16:46