Replies to post #8867 on Intel Corp (INTC)

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The problem is Intel is coding not to check if a chip supports SSE and SSE2, but whether or not the code prevents the optimization on a non Intel processor. In other words if you have an AMD chip, you don't want software compiled with a Intel compiler because it will not allow the AMD chip to use the optimization. Intel has sucken very low with this one. Check out the story at the Inquirer and the comments others have made. It shows just how low Intel is willing to go to try and keep up with AMD on performance.