From: Ken AT localbar DOT com (Ken) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: MMX Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 17:25:15 +0100 Organization: Virgin Net Usenet Service Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <356A673C DOT FEB310D2 AT mailexcite DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.168.64.148 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk In article <356A673C DOT FEB310D2 AT mailexcite DOT com>, gnatwt AT mailexcite DOT com says... > Is it worth the effort to use MMX instructions in the 3D engine I'm > trying to write? > > I read in Computing or Computer Weekly magazine, recently, that intel were scrapping the MMX range of chips. They plan to have got rid of all there MMX chips before the end of this year. I have no idea what Cyrix or AMD are planning on doing though! I think you could still use the MMX instructions, as I understand it the instructions enable MMX machines to process them, and also machines without MMX can still process them. Dont know how, or why. Its just what ive heard on my travels. I personally think that you should use MMX instructions on a 3D engine. But what do I know, right! -- Answers To The Questions, Seem To Get Harder! ;)