Matthew Gardiner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've got a 32bit P4 3.2 Ghz Dell Dimension desktop; I've noticed the
> performance is incredibly cruddy - to the point that I can't even surf
> the internet without music skipping.
>
> I had a look through the kernel directory - is there any reason why
> the 32bit version doesn't include SSE optimisation (and other things)
> that could help performance?
Yes. Not all 32-bit CPUs support SSE.
Btw, if you're using OSS, there are a *lot* of rather poor performance
limitations, particularly surrounding the VMIX layer. I hope to fix
those in our version of the code at some point.
-- Garrett
>
> Matthew
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