On Samstag, 28. April 2007, Alexander Skwar wrote: > ยท Hemmann, Volker Armin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Samstag, 28. April 2007, Alex Schuster wrote: > >> BTW: What exactly are the benefits from using march instead of > >> mcpu? Is there a noticeable difference in speed anyway? With mcpu > > [...] > > > usually march is faster on the given cpu, mcpu is more compatible. > > Is it noticeable, though?
well, march uses things like sse/sse2/sse3 or 3dnow and mcpu does not. So yes, it is. You can test it for yourself. Get a 400mhz CPU with 3dnow, like a K6-2 or K6-3, and compile mplayer or xine-lib with mcpu and with march. With march you can watch videos. With mcpu you get a fast slideshow. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
