QEMU The Ultim@te Race Pro (1998) In Search of Alternative
8What's the GOOD Alternative to QEMU for Retro Windows Games with 3D acceleration and the legendary 3Dfx Voodoo/Glide support? This VIDEO brings on the viable Challenger, none other than the DOSBox SVN. Let's toast the *BS* of accuracy talks and limited CPU support out for the moment and disregard DOSBox HLE approach to DOS emulation, it's meant For Games ONLY and it runs Win98 VM pretty decently. When the Games work, they work pretty well. The 64-bit CPU dynamic core is the fastest I have ever seen on x86 emulators even though it is limited up to Pentium instruction sets. Kudo to the DOSBox team and the community who brought 3Dfx Voodoo/Glide support to this gem for Retro PC Games.
While the "other camp" fanboys have been touting their "Freaking Fast" 3Dfx recompiler as faster than DOSBox spotty and SLOW implementation, they shy away from providing any evidence to prove their claims. Perhaps they meant to compare DOSBox software-based Voodoo emulation to be on the fair ground of "everything got to be done in software" for longevity. That's OK, too, just let the numbers speak. Ultim@te Race Pro (1998) is a simple 3D racing game with recommended CPU of only Pentium 133MHz. With all their fanboys combined wisdoms, getting the emulator instrumented to display the FPS cannot be that HARD for having a fair & honest claims. I am pretty sure that Alderlake Core i9 12900K will have little trouble playing this Game at 800x600 MAX details, too, with CPU rendered 3D acceleration.
It is also FINE if the fanboys would rather choose to retreat into the camp of "accuracy talks" after all. Just be honest & STOP ALL THE *BS* about Great PC emulator for Games and [60 fps] gameplay claims on VIDEO having no stats display.