alt Hacker NewsThis is an awesome achievement, but I can't help but notice that Quake ran smoother on my Pentium-133 PC in the 90s than it runs on my Mac M1 Pro...
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This engine is not optimised for performance. It's using CSS, after all.
For what it's worth it works like smooth butter under Chrome on an M2, on Safari it's clunky and seems to clip alot
Err, strange, what browser? I'm using Firefox on a ThinkPad from 2018 running Linux, and cssquake was running at a smooth 60fps just now (and at 1080p resolution vs the 320x240 or 320x200 someone would likely be running on a P133)
Runs perfectly fine at over 60fps on my Intel Core 358H at roughly 2560x1600.
Perhaps there's something wrong with your web browser. Try Firefox - it works beautifully there.
Zero issues on Firefox + Linux. Gnome Web is stuttery and weird, though. Must be a WebKit/Safari thing.
Wait, did Quack run on Pentium-133? I had a Pentium MMX 233mhz and I always assumed it didn't ran well so I never bother to get it.
Either you had a Voodoo on your P133 or whatever the M1 is doing is having a bad time...
On my 7945HX this is plenty fast.
Quake compiled in C will run insanely fast at 8K full resolution on an M1.
I think you’re missing the point
Maybe try Firefox.
Most of the time, things seem to be optimized for Chrome, but with this, I actually had the impression that Firefox ran a bit smoother, but I tested it on Linux.