Bleeder Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Is there anything like FineSSE for MMX? I have some older Pentium non-MMX machines that are unable to run some applications that require MMX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osRe Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 (edited) What's FineSSE? (Well, I can assume what it does, but any pointers with more info about it?) Edited December 3, 2011 by shae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 What's FineSSE? (Well, I can assume what it does, but any pointers with more info about it?)While your google gets fixed , here :jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumper Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 (edited) It's possible but impractical to emulate MMX in software on non-MMX systems. Remember that we're talking about slow processors working with small amounts of memory (and really slow swap drives).The developers of any app that refuses to run on a non-MMX processor thought it would run too slowly without MMX; to emulate MMX would be to run an app at a very small fraction of the speed its developers thought was too slow!Early software that took advantage of MMX could also run without it. Try early versions--they might just work!.Possible hardware upgrades that would also benefit the OS and all software:Socket 8 mainboard: Pentium II Overdrive ($75-$90)Socket 7 mainboard: Pentium-MMX 233 ($20)Socket 5 mainboard: Winchip ($30) or Pentium-MMX Overdrive ($100)Socket 4 mainboard: upgrade mainboard and CPU ($0-$100)Impractical software solutions:Use virtualization softwarenone for Pentiums without MMX[*]Write an error handler that further slows down an already slow systemeach MMX app would have to be patched to NOT check for MMX Edited December 10, 2011 by jumper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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