Does DF use SSE?

[HaloJones]

Question in the title.

[bwkaz]

I don't think it needs to use it. IIRC, most of the time that the client spends doing stuff is spent traversing pointers (trees, linked lists, or similar structures), so advanced math instructions don't really significantly help.

Besides, the minimum processor requirement is a Pentium Pro, right? Those didn't have SSE...

[MAD-ness]

The majority of the time the client is working on traversing tree-like data structures or something (I just woke up and that is a rough paraphrasing, I can look up the exact words used if need be).

THe client is NOT FPU limited and the primary calculations are not enhanced (or applicable) to SIMD type instructions.

So, the answer is no.