"Kari Kivisalo" <kar### [at] kivisalonet> wrote in message
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> Tom Melly wrote:
> >
> > Question: If 3DNow speeds up float calcs, why is it only of benefit to
> > graphics and not all apps. using floating point calcs.?
>
> WinAmp uses 3DNow to decode mp3s.
>

Yes - I gathered that it applied to multi-media (hate that term) - this is
partly what confused me. MM as a generic set of apps is hardly likely to
benefit from something unless that something can also benefit non-MM apps.
The answer would appear to be the 3dnow only works on single-point.

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