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P4 Prescott and SSE3?

Does anybody know what this SSE3 will do for me?...Will it help games...is there anything that takes advantage of it?....someone tell me again why I got a prescott!

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08-25-2004 06:08 PM
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SSE3 Explained: click

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SSE is a used to speeding up floating point calculation.
08-26-2004 12:39 AM
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What exactly will that do for me...will it make it more efficient...make games faster....or enable any special functions?

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09-18-2004 10:02 AM
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SSE3 especially is for multimedia and HT only ... you won't find a game which say HEY WO GOT SSE3 support


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