Compiler for Athlon XP

[JimB0Th]

Hi guys,
do you know if there is a great C/C++ compiler that speed up a program using AMD processor improvement (3DNow, etc...). Microsoft Visual Studio .net is great for Intel... but is there something for our powerfull AMD?
Thanks.
Bye.

[Ototero]

Nice to see you here Jim.

Can't help with the compiler though :cry:

[Empty_5oul]

guess there must be something, nothing springs to mind tho :(

seems programs are either optimised for intel or AMD and this is an intel favoured project.

[hallen]

I posted this last year.


AMD Launches AMD Core Math Library 2.0 for Software Developers Optimizing AMD64 Platforms on Windows and Linux
Monday April 5, 12:01 am ET
ACML 2.0 Available Now as a Free Download


The link is dead but maybe the quote can point you in the right direction.

[NeoGen]

The site below is of a guy who dedicates his time to compile every new version of the arcade emulator MAME using all sorts of processor optimizations. He has the compiled executables split by processor, so that each person can download the best for himself.
http://redump.emubase.de/mame.php

I think he uses GCC (http://gcc.gnu.org/), or at least I've read references to it on its forums.

Actually, after a quick browse on GCC's website (http://gcc.gnu.org/), I went to the online docs and was amazed...:shock:
I don't know if all these compilers are included in their main package or if you have to download add-ons, but it's one impressive list of CPU's they support...
http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.0.1/gcc/Submodel-Options.html#Submodel-Options

Under the "i386 and x86-64 Options" you can see a miriad of command line switches to all flavours of processors, ranging from the oldie 386 to the latest AMD K8's and everything inbetween.