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To: andreas_wonisch who wrote (8663)	9/15/2000 10:48:22 AM
From: that_crazy_doug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

<< 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) >> So the net effect is that the optimizations will be made where it helps, which means to me, that complaining about p4 using optimized code is foolish, since that's what we'll see in the real world. I guess the difference may be a benchmark optimized for the p4 using a video card optimized for the p4 won't be as telling a story as a benchmark non optimized for the p4 using a video card that is optimized for the p4. (at least if you're doing 3d gaming), but the fact that the quake 3 engine uses SSE is pretty significant imo. Unless someone is unseating ID as THE game developer.