Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 12:51:39 +0200 (EET) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: Eivind Eklund <perhaps@yes.no> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WTB: Pentium Pro 180 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971106124534.12585A-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <199711061003.LAA03286@bitbox.follo.net>
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On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, Eivind Eklund wrote: > [Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@freebsd.org>] > > > ever consider a new P5 would be to play with MMX. Since P5 is near > > > > Which I'm still waiting to see a Unix application actually benefitting > > from. :) > > MMX is as far as I can tell usable for two things: > Fast, simple graphics effects (Photoshop filters and effects in the > demo scene) > Block copying (but I'm not certain this is faster than other types of > block copy) > > It can be used for very simple 3D routines; if you're doing advanced > things with your 3D (e.g, fractal mapping, good shading) you're out of > luck. I was once on a game programming team spending two weeks trying > to find _any_ place we could benefit from MMX - we were unable to find > any. Bah. Everybody knows the only benefit you get from a MMX processor is the doubled L1 cache. > > Eivind. > Sander There is no love, no good, no happiness and no future - all these are just illusions.
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