Quote:
Originally posted by Arcadian:
It was my understanding that Microsoft's VC++ has MMX built into it, and that SIMD (if it isn't already there) will be added soon. Usually, Intel's compiler enhansements filter down to Microsoft's compilers as well. In addition, I believe there are a lot more developers than you may think that use Intel's compilers.
MSVC has support for MMX in inline assembler but does not generate MMX code itself. To get inline assembler support for 3dnow and sse you need to download and install msvc service pack 4 (126MB) and also a special processor pack.