does SSE, SSE2 matter

[tbirdXPplus]

because i simply hate intel, i use a via C3 and a t-bird. i noticed that the t-bird doesn`t have SSE, and SSE2, unlike the p4.

does it matter? any performance differences? and the most important...does any application use these?

"Is Celeron good?"
"No. Celeron is bad."
LOL

 

[imgod2u]

It depends on which application. Video applications and 3d CAD are very SIMD-friendly and SSE/SSE2 provides a significant performance boost in those applications. Games are less SIMD-friendly so such features really don't matter much for games. So if you're doing a lot of Photoshop work, 3D design, or video editing/encoding (including any DiVX work), SSE/SSE2 would help significantly. Just look at the Lightwave scores.

"We are Microsoft, resistance is futile." - Bill Gates, 2015.

 

[baldurga]

If you use the above aplications mentioned by imgod2u, you can upgrade to XP to take advantage of it, because it supports SSE. Regreatably, no AMD CPU support SSE2 right now.

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