How did games such as Doom and Quake affect demand for more powerful personal computers?

Games such as Doom and Quake, developed by id Software, were instrumental in driving the demand for more powerful personal computers and specialized hardware during the 1990s.12

By pioneering the first-person shooter genre, these titles pushed the boundaries of computer graphics and immersive 3D environments. To achieve the high-speed, realistic rendering required for these games, developers and consumers alike sought increasingly sophisticated processing capabilities. This demand encouraged the growth of the 3D-rendering sector of the computer hardware market, as the need for rapid movement through open virtual spaces necessitated hardware that could handle intensive graphics functions.123

Furthermore, these games helped popularize online gaming and multiplayer "death matches," which required reliable networking and processing power. The technical requirements of these titles were a significant factor in the evolution of the graphics processing unit (GPU), as the industry moved toward hardware that could offload complex calculations from the central processing unit to enable greater performance.234