AMD has SSE (in case you didn't know)

[lakedude]

From AMD:

3DNow!™ Professional technology for leading-edge 3D operation

21 original 3DNow!™ instructions—the first technology enabling superscalar SIMD
19 additional instructions to enable improved integer math calculations for speech or video encoding and improved data movement for Internet plug-ins and other streaming applications
5 DSP instructions to improve soft modem, soft ADSL, Dolby Digital surround sound, and MP3 applications
52 SSE instructions with SIMD integer and floating point additions offer excellent compatibility with Intel’s SSE technology
Compatible with Windows® XP, Windows 98, Windows 95, and Windows NT® 4.x operating systems

From Tom:

Implementation of the full Intel SSE instruction set. The SSE processor flag is set (if the motherboard BIOS supports Palomino) so that software can recognize AthlonMP as a SSE-capable processor. AMD calls its SSE-implementation '3Dnow! Professional'.

Sorry if you guys already knew this stuff but I've seen a lot of people still saying AMD don't have SSE but they do.

It makes a big difference in multimedia apps.


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[Raystonn]

I believe most people in this forum already knew this. The Palomino includes SSE support. However, at this moment no AMD processors support SSE2.

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[Atolsammeek]

Question is when will sse2 will be a everyday thing? It will take time.

 

[LoveGuRu]

"everyday thing? "

huh?=/

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[AMD_Man]

I think he's asking if it will common in apps in the future. It probably will never be that popular.

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[zengeos]

That was my question on another thread, mainly to see if my estimates were similar to those of other folks. The folks who responded suggested at least another year for SSE2 to become more mainstream, just as I was guessing (12-18 months at least) By then Hammer should be shipping. Hammer will include both SSE and SSE2

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[FatBurger]

It probably will never be that popular.

Why do you say that? Obviously it has a different application from MMX and SSE, but it will probably still become more mainstream in the future. Hopefully AMD will not be so slow to implement it this time around. We'll see.

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[AMD_Man]

MMX, 3DNow!, and SSE, are basically only seen in games, video editing, and photo editing apps.

AMD technology + Intel technology = Intel/AMD Pentathlon IV; the <b>ULTIMATE</b> PC processor

 

[FatBurger]

Ok, and SSE2 is not? Look at the list of current apps that have SSE2 optimizations. The list of games is the biggest one.

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[rcf84]

I ask if the 0.13micron T-B Athlon going to have SSE<font color=red>2</font color=red>.

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[killall]

the thing you have to realise is that a lot of people reading this forum are ignorant of such "trivialities" as SSE and the like

if in doubt blame microsoft...

 

[FatBurger]

True, but quite a big deal was made of the fact that Palomino would have SSE.

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[Matisaro]

I believe most people in this forum already knew this. The Palomino includes SSE support. However, at this moment no AMD processors support SSE2.

Which is a damn shame, all 3 of those sse2 apps were good ones too! ;-)

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[FatBurger]

Have you actually looked at the list? Obviously not.

Operation Flashpoint
Tribes 2
MisicMatch
Cult3D

Hmm...4 that I've used several times, and about 50 total. Not bad for new technology, eh?

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[Matisaro]

OK burger.

A: the ;-) winking emotocon denots obviously a joke/sarcasm.
B: 50 apps out of literally thousands when sse2 has been around for a year is diddly [-peep-].
c: out of the 4 you listed I only use tribes 2.

If I had been seriously attacking sse2 I would have said something more along the lines of b, but I was making a damn joke, and yes I have read the list. No need to point out that my joke was not accurate, because the rest of the educated people on the forum obviously cant tell what a winking grin means after a line, thankyou for clearing up the confusion.

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[FatBurger]

For someone who is so actively on the side of AMD, I think you should be more careful in your jokes. It can easily be taken the wrong way. If you had said J/k at the end, then that might be a different story.
And a year isn't really that long, in terms of software development (especially games). Do you think Tribes 2, Max Payne, etc were all whipped out in a few months?

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