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To: Scumbria who wrote (98701)	3/16/2000 9:37:00 AM
From: milo_morai	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570563

Scumbria Gamers don't write for 3DNow they write for DirectX or OpenGL.. If the video card maker has 3DNow! support amd.com in it's OpenGL drivers and Direct X 6.0 www1.amd.com or higher already supports 3DNow! I don't see how your comments are relative.. Remember what AMD did for Quake 2 and 3dfx amd.com .. A small mod in one File and wham big boost in Framerates. Convince me I'm wrong, but I think the support for 3DNow! will always be there. Milo Comparison amd.com

To: Scumbria who wrote (98701)	3/16/2000 11:39:00 AM
From: Petz	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 1570563

Scumbria, re:<I don't see how game developers can continue to write 3DNow! programs when the X-box uses Intel processors> I've been following this 3DNow vs. SSE thread for a while but haven't formed a final opinion yet, but here's a couple of points: 1. Who's to say there isn't an x-box "clone" in the works, based on Gigapixel/AMD technology from one of the other console makers 2. I believe AMD has accumulated sufficient anti-trust evidence against Intel that AMD could just go ahead and implement SSE. If Intel sues, AMD's countersuit would be devastating. Therefore Intel will not sue. 3. I believe the technical issues of cloning SSE are surmountable 4. One person mentioned AltiVec -- great idea, add that also, maybe it would be enough to convince Apple to abandon PowerPC? Petz