[x264-devel] Re: Compilation problem with x264 on Dual Opteron setup

[Loren Merritt]

On Sat, 29 Apr 2006, Pedro Tumusok wrote:
> Another question not related, but brought up from reading glossy marketing
> pamphlets, I belive the Opteron 280 which I have support SSE3, and when
> using x264 with older CPU's it takes advantage of MMX,SSE & SSE2 among 
> other things, does x264 also support SSE3?

No, despite what intel would have you believe, SSE3 provides nothing at 
all for video codecs. We tried it, at there was no measurable speed 
difference.

--Loren Merritt

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