CPU upgrade: Does Vegas Video 2.0 use SSE CPU instructions?

dpearce wrote on 2/22/2001, 8:14 AM
I just ugraded from a Pentium II 450 to a Pentium III 850.
I wasn't expecting much 'business' type improvement (10-20%
which I think I got).

I was expecting a much bigger improvement in performance
with Vegas Video. All of my tests tell me there was NO
improvement at all.

One of the big changes besides CPU speed is the addition of
SSE instructions, geared towards multi-media (meaning
video). One possible explaination for seeing no differance
is Vegas doesn't support SSE instructions. This is a
program complier option.

The CPU is definately the bottleneck, running at 100% in
Vegas.

Other info:
Dell OptiPles GX1p
SCSI U2W 10K drives
256 MB
ATI Rage Pro 2X AGP

Ideas?

Thanks in advance.