POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.newusers : SSE2 vs. 'standard' : Re: SSE2 vs. 'standard' Server Time
28 Jul 2024 20:34:18 EDT (-0400)
  Re: SSE2 vs. 'standard'  
From: Warp
Date: 19 Oct 2007 14:18:52
Message: <4718f50c@news.povray.org>
Blackfeather <jam### [at] blackfeathermediacom> wrote:
> The 3.7 beta was provided with two 32-bit versions: a "Standard" and an SSE2
> version.  Well, since some CPUs are already using SSE3, I wonder what
> 'standard' means.

  It means that it's backwards-compatible all the way down to 386 and thus
will be slower.

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                                                          - Warp


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