Replies to post #3226 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[KeithDust2000]

"The Opteron has SSE2 support, but to get a binary calling SSE2 one has to compile the binary on a Xeon machine. Move the binary over to the Opteron box and it flies."

No, you don´t need a Xeon machine for that. You could do that with a Duron or a C3 if you wanted to. Set the SSE2 specific parameters in the compiler, and be done with it. :-)

[wbmw]

Gollum, I think there will be much complaining about Intel's compilers in the future. Many have begun to take for granted the performance and "free ride" that AMD has had with Intel's compilers on their code. Once the "free ride" ends, people will begin pointing the finger at Intel, as if it's their duty to support AMD's processor ramp. This will even be more of a shock once people move from Intel's compiler in 32-bit over to PGI's or GNU's compiler for 64-bit. When they notice less performance in many applications, the finger pointing will get even more pronounced.