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To: that_crazy_doug who wrote (8662)	9/15/2000 10:00:14 AM
From: andreas_wonisch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Doug, Re: I was under the impression that most of the new games coming out were SSE optimized No, they aren't. Quake 3 is the only example I can think of... (but there are some other games who use the 3D-engine so they get SSE support "for free") But also keep in mind that the graphic card drivers are usually SSE/3DNow optimized. (this was why in Anands DDR test the Athlon compared so poor to the P3: the Voodoo 5 drivers have virtually no 3DNow optimization) Andreas

To: that_crazy_doug who wrote (8662)	9/15/2000 10:01:53 AM
From: jcholewa	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

> I was under the impression that most of the new games coming out were SSE optimized, though, if not I'm > significantly less worried about it. Don't get me wrong ... I'm no expert here. But I get a similar impression in the opposite direction. Sure, optimization efforts are increasing, but I haven't heard much about new games supporting the extensions. Now, of course, video drivers for games may do so, but that's a slightly different issue. -JC