Archive: Simplest way to check if CPU has SSE-SSE2?


Simplest way to check if CPU has SSE-SSE2? [resolved]
Hello,

I have searched the forum, some of the tutorial docs, but a n00b warning nevertheless.

I need my installer to check whether the target system CPU has SSE, SSE2, or just regular floating point capability. I have several optimised binaries and I'd rather this selection would be transparent to the user.

What would be the simplest way to inform the installer of target system CPU capabilities to select which optimised binary to install?

something to do with CPUID obviously, but are there any existing scripts dealing with this?

Thank you,
Michael

[edit]

nevermind, found the plugin to do just this already.


The CPUDesc plug-in checks for SSE and SSE2. But it seems you've already found it.