i have a AMD Athlon 1ghz prossessor. i have loads of memory and a good graphics card etc.. i tried to load the new Ages of Empires demo but got the message "your computer prossesser does not support advanced instruction set (SSE) required for ages of empires III aborting installation" please advice what exactly this means in laymans terms and is there any way around it. thanks for your help thanks duncan408

Your processor is a little on the old side and doesn't have the proper hardware extensions to run the game's code. The only way around this problem is to upgrade your processor to an Athlon XP, if your board supports it. Pentium 2 = MMX Pentium 3 = MMX, SSE Pentium 4 = MMX, SSE, SSE2 Pentium 4 "Prescott" = MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3 AMD K6/2 = MMX, 3DNow AMD Athlon = MMX, 3DNow, 3DNow+ AMD Athlon XP = MMX, 3DNow, 3DNow+, SSE AMD Athlon 64 = MMX, 3DNow, 3DNow+, SSE, SSE2, x86-64 (and newer AMD64s also have SSE3)

I have an athlon xp1800 and i am having the same problem. i believe the minimum spec required is an intel 1.4 so i wopuld have thought that my machine should have just been ok. am i wrong in thinking this?