AMD K-7 Athlon

[Pongo]

And then the Mac.


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[Lephturn]

Sorrow,

Only the older K6's have a problem.  Why would HT invest the time to write fairly low-level code especially for this small segment of the market which is quickly shrinking as newer and faster CPU's come out?  An applications developer writes an app for Windows, not generally for a specific CPU.  Heck, if HT was going to spend time writing any enhancements, he'd likely get a larger return on that investment by coding to Intel's latest instructions than AMD's.

Quite frankly, he would likely be better off allocating resources to a Mac port.  At least he knows there is some customers that would play the game because of it.

I doubt either thing would be "worth it" at this point however.  We can't know that, but I bet HTC has evaluated it and made that decision.  That's why he said no.  Accept it, there is no reason to keep harping on it.

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[Sorrow[S=A]]

Yes, K6's have the worst problem with it Leph, but here you are misunderstanding. The K6 market is not SHRINKING, it is GROWING. The K6II is going to 400 mhz+ as AMD is concentrating it into low end systems. And unlike the Intel chips, these systems WILL improve greatly with support to their 3D extensions. And unlike MAC there is no extensive "low level" coding to be done, just additional support to what he has allready done. I mean that's really apples and oranges Leph, Mac would require a HELL of alot more work.
As to greater returns for supporting Intel, no I don't think so. Intel just does not see the same amount of performance gain when you add in their 3D extensions (the celeron in fact, does not even HAVE them).

As to harping, be damned if I won't. HTC has NEVER EVER said no. HT has said not right now several times, which I can understand as he is busy with the making the game right now. But if people like myself and others keep pointing out how IMPORTANT this is to us, we will probably see it.

Frankly _I_ don't see why you are so adamant they don't support it Leph. Care to explain yourself?

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