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virtual PC error need SSE?

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Original Message
Name: Elena Hoexter
Date: December 26, 2005 at 14:28:13 Pacific
Subject: virtual PC error need SSE?
OS: OSX
CPU/Ram: 256
Comment:

I recently installed virtual PC with windows xp home on my mac OS X. I tried to install a game and I got an error saying that my processor doesn't have the advanced instruction set (SSE) required to run the game. Does anyone know how I can solve that problem. Is it possible to update the "processor" for the virtual PC?


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Name: dominicus
Date: December 27, 2005 at 21:38:09 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

well, there *might* be some options for adjusting
the processor in prefs..but, ultimately, VPC is
pretty much not gaming stuff..games traditionally
use the processor to the max, and not only due to
special extensions in the chips ( like MMX used to
be), but also raw processing power..
i have never even been able to have a simple,
playable pinball (Pro Pinball, my favorite) game
on a G4 500mh with VPC6, that runs perfectly
smooth on a pentium 100 with windows95...
sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings...


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