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To: Charles Gryba who wrote (68940)	1/25/2002 5:30:40 PM
From: g_w_north	Read Replies (1) of 275872

>>, I don't see how this is different than 3dnow vs sse and sse2. sse and sse2 compatible cpus now outnumber 3dnow cpus even though the former was introduced first and had more than 6 months lead. No one complained when Intel did that.<< Yes, but these are extensions to the basic code. I'm not that well versed in the nitty-gritty details but I do know that MMX, SSE etc. don't interfere with the basic underlying architecture of the overall chip. If 3DNow! or some form of SSE is present on the chip this will allow certain applications to take advantage of those instruction sets. They will not interfere compatibility wise. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

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