Date: Thu, 06 Nov 1997 13:13:32 -0500 From: "Gary T. Corcoran" <garycorc@idt.net> 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: <346208CC.F6E8E378@idt.net> References: <199711060642.BAA09051@dyson.iquest.net> <6037.878799708@time.cdrom.com> <199711061003.LAA03286@bitbox.follo.net>
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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) The other area where MMX can make a real difference is in video compression and decompression (e.g. H.261, H.263, MPEG). Not that I've seen any Unix programs actually using it yet - but I'm sure we will in time... Gary
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