As degac says, these kinds of things are most suited to math intensive routines which require processing on entire vectors (3D mainly).
The kind of thing I have in mind will require a recent (current generation P4->Core2 or Athlon XP->Athlon 64) PC to run, so SSE is fine.
The word appears to be that the next version of Max out next week will include an updated MingGW build, so much of this may indeed be a moot point. I'm sure everything will speed up a little, but nowhere near the order of magnitude you get with focused mathematics and vectorisation.
The kind of thing I have in mind will require a recent (current generation P4->Core2 or Athlon XP->Athlon 64) PC to run, so SSE is fine.
The word appears to be that the next version of Max out next week will include an updated MingGW build, so much of this may indeed be a moot point. I'm sure everything will speed up a little, but nowhere near the order of magnitude you get with focused mathematics and vectorisation.