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T:\Users\TeamSpeak> cd TeamSpeak3

T:\Users\TeamSpeak\TeamSpeak3> Choose for which processor you want to check

SSE2 Processor | SSE Processor (Not yet available)

 

Brief Description

This step is actually very important, since in the TeamSpeak 3 lifecycle it had support for 2 major
different architectures.

TeamSpeak started development around 2005 and the first beta was released fall 2009, because of
this period in 2005 most users were still using CPUs from the 90's which beginning the year 2000
it had a major shift in processor power and speed, we call it, "the transition period in computer
power".

Processors that came after SSE2 initial release offer backwards compatibility with SSE1 and SSE2
programs as well, so TeamSpeak 3 can open in both. Keep in mind the SSE1 option above, was
suppose to be used only for those who can't afford SSE2 or if SSE2 slow down your computer,
otherwise if your processor is modern and has instructions like SSE3, for example, use SSE2 option instead.


Try to search a bit which instruction your CPU can accept, otherwise programs like CPU-Z can help
in telling you what it supports.

What's the difference between SSE2 and SSE processors

SSE2 stands for Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 (Single Instruction Multiple Data) processor
supplementary instruction set, introduced by Intel with the initial version for the Pentium 4 in the
year 2000 and subsequently for AMD releasing Opteron and Athlon 64/AMD64 ranges in 2003.
Without the need to go deeper into the topic and how a CPU actually works, basically...

• SSE processors are designed for older processors between 1999 and 2001. SSE or SSE1
  was introduced as part of Intel Pentium III Katmai (450-600 MHz), released in February 1999
  and ended on Pentium III Tualatin (1000-1400 MHz) in June 2001.
  
  
• SSE2 in other hand, was first introduced as part of Intel Pentium 4 Willamette (1.3-2.0 GHz),
  released in the year 2000 for consumers and enterprise markets and ended on Intel Pentium 4
  Northwood (1.6-2.80 GHz) in 2002.

Keep in mind, although the development of SSE1 and SSE2 ended, manufacturers still include
the instruction in every modern CPU that gets released today, so programs can always open
old software in them,  if they are dependent from these specific instructions.

Few CPUs with support for SSE2:

• Intel NetBurst-based CPUs (Pentium 4, Xeon, Celeron, Pentium D, Celeron D)
• Interl Pentium M and Celeron M
• Intel Atom
• AMD Athlon 64
• Transmeta Efficeon
• VIA C7

CPUs made after SSE2 was released but didn't include the instruction:

• AMD CPUs prior to Athlon64, such as Athlon XP
• VIA C3
• Transmeta Crusoe
• Intel Quark

   

If you have Windows 8 / 10 or later or Microsoft Office 2013 or later installed, that
means your CPU already can can handle SSE2 instructions.

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