Scrive Mikus Grinbergs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> The OP asked about an Athlon XP.  The Athlon XP does not have SSE2.

Yes, this is true.


> 
> >
> > The Athlon 64 has SSE2 and it doesn't give a big performance boost.
> > The P4 just has a design that's particularly well suited to
> > Prime95/mprime.
> 
> Other people besides you have said this.
> 
> I've seen mention that the Athlon 64 implementation of SSE2 is
> slower than the P4 design -- but so far I have __not__ seen an
> explanation of what the difference is.

I found something about Athlon XP and SSE2 here:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9278

Matija



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