[X Newbies] G4 processor and what is Altivec?

[Shawn King]

On 5/8/03 4:29 PM, "Leon Sargent Jr" <leon.sargent at verizon.net> wrote:

> What does the Altivec processing engine do for overall performance is OS X?

Speeds it up.

> Does the Altivec engine work only on graphics both 2D and 3D does it work on
> widows and scrolling?  I know it help in processing in Photoshop and I would
> assume other programs that are graphics intensive but what does it do for
> the OS?

The same. Remember, Aqua *is* graphics intensive.

Shawn King
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