SSE Support

[skenisahen]

So, when I installed Windows XP on this system, I did not have SSE supoprt
enabled. Now that Silverlight and all sorts of things are requiring SSE
support I'd like Windows XP Home to recognize the capabilities of my CPU. How
can I get WIndows XP Home to recognize it correctly?

Thanks for any help!

=sken!

 

[skenisahen]

I should've mentioned: I have my PC setup now with SSE support enabled.

 

[Mark Adams]

I should've mentioned: I have my PC setup now with SSE support enabled.

Google is your friend.
http://www.google.com/search?q=enable+sse+support&hl=en&start=10&sa=N

 

[Singapore Computer Service]

Hello,

You don't need to 'enable' it, it is already there for any application which
needs to use it

You can check whether it supports SSE by running CPUID
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

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[skenisahen]

How many pages deep do i have to go to find my answer in that google search?
I didn't find an answer to this question:

How can I get WIndows XP Home to recognize it correctly?

I've already done those other things. However, Updates to Directx and
Silverlight will not install although my chip does support sse.

Thanks, though.

=sken!

 

[skenisahen]

CPUID recognizes that my processor supports MMX(+), 3D Now(+), SSE

Neither Silverlight nor a Directx update will install. I get errors that
tell me that my CPU does not support SSE. Which is wrong? CPUID or Windows? I
have heard that a repair install will recognize SSE support. I don't want to
perform a repair install as my only copy of XP is the original version and it
warns that installing an old version on top of a new one is bad. It seems
like there should be some way to tell my XP to recognize the SSE support of
my processor.

Help?

thanks!

=sken!

 

[Shenan Stanley]

CPUID recognizes that my processor supports MMX(+), 3D Now(+), SSE

Neither Silverlight nor a Directx update will install. I get errors
that tell me that my CPU does not support SSE. Which is wrong?
CPUID or Windows? I have heard that a repair install will recognize
SSE support. I don't want to perform a repair install as my only
copy of XP is the original version and it warns that installing an
old version on top of a new one is bad. It seems like there should
be some way to tell my XP to recognize the SSE support of my
processor.

Google can help.

Look up how to create a new Windows XP CD with SP3 integrated (slipstreamed)
into it.

nLite or AutoStream, etc...

 

[Paul]

CPUID recognizes that my processor supports MMX(+), 3D Now(+), SSE

Neither Silverlight nor a Directx update will install. I get errors that
tell me that my CPU does not support SSE. Which is wrong? CPUID or Windows? I
have heard that a repair install will recognize SSE support. I don't want to
perform a repair install as my only copy of XP is the original version and it
warns that installing an old version on top of a new one is bad. It seems
like there should be some way to tell my XP to recognize the SSE support of
my processor.

Help?

thanks!

=sken!

Well, you're starting to admit to what kind of processor it is

If a processor has 3DNow, it is AMD. Intel is the one promoting
SSE. For an AMD processor to have a complete set of the
SSE instructions sets, you need a very recent processor to
get most of them. Some of the previous AMD processors (the
older ones), have very little SSE support.

So what the software is reporting, as the capabilities of your
processor, might actually be correct and factual.

If you know the exact model number of AMD processor,
why not give Wikipedia a try, and see if it lists
what that particular processor supports ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlon_XP

"Palomino was the first K7 core to include the full SSE
instruction set from the Intel Pentium III as well as
AMD's 3DNow! Professional"

Atnlon64 = SSE, SSE2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_Athlon_64_microprocessors

Phenom II = SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_Phenom_microprocessors

Paul

 

[Singapore Computer Service]

Hello,

Apparently AMD Athlon does not have full support form SSE
http://silverlight.net/forums/t/3805.aspx
http://www.google.com/search?q=amd+silverlight+sse

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