Do all verisons of srcds require SSE?

04-01-2007, 03:30 PM

Does anyone know if an SSE enabled processor is now required for ALL versions of the Linux srcds? I am getting a crash (invalid instruction) on startup on a newly installed OS and vanilla srcds install.

Thanks

TheMG · 04-01-2007, 04:03 PM

I believe so (ie. don't try to run it on a P2 or something). Pentium III is the oldest to support SSE.

04-01-2007, 04:21 PM

No, this is a AMD Athlon, socket A, 1100mHz, which I believe was referred to at the time as "Thunderbird". By chance anyone successfully running this processor (so I can rule out lack of SSE as my issue)?

TheMG · 04-01-2007, 04:31 PM

Agreed, SSE is not your issue, that CPU supports it.

04-01-2007, 04:42 PM

Thanks for the confirmation.

04-01-2007, 04:59 PM

a quick look at /proc/cpuinfo would show what the cpu did and did not support in the flags line

04-01-2007, 05:42 PM

Yes, and from that (and AMD docs) I am sure the processor I have does not contain the SSE instruction set. The "it" that TheMG was preferring to in this case is srcds. This CPU should be able to run srcds_run.
Thanks

04-01-2007, 08:11 PM

He was thinking that your CPU did support SSE,, but you would have to check the cpuinfo to confirm it,, yes you do need it to run srcds_run (well, srcds_run is just a script but the binaries that it points to require it..)

04-02-2007, 06:45 PM

So the Linux versions requires an SSE enabled processor, but the WINDOWS version of srcds.exe does not?

04-02-2007, 09:33 PM

I do not know what is required of windows, as I only subscribe to the linux list, and the 1 windows server I have dealt with was new enough to support SSE2.....

04-01-2007, 03:30 PM	#1
AnacortesBoys Guest Posts: n/a	Do all verisons of srcds require SSE? Does anyone know if an SSE enabled processor is now required for ALL versions of the Linux srcds? I am getting a crash (invalid instruction) on startup on a newly installed OS and vanilla srcds install. Thanks

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04-01-2007, 04:03 PM	#2
TheMG Volunteer Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Reputation: 1722 Posts: 10,255	I believe so (ie. don't try to run it on a P2 or something). Pentium III is the oldest to support SSE.

04-01-2007, 04:21 PM	#3
AnacortesBoys Guest Posts: n/a	No, this is a AMD Athlon, socket A, 1100mHz, which I believe was referred to at the time as "Thunderbird". By chance anyone successfully running this processor (so I can rule out lack of SSE as my issue)?

04-01-2007, 04:31 PM	#4
TheMG Volunteer Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Reputation: 1722 Posts: 10,255	Agreed, SSE is not your issue, that CPU supports it.

04-01-2007, 04:42 PM	#5
AnacortesBoys Guest Posts: n/a	Thanks for the confirmation.

04-01-2007, 04:59 PM	#6
kennycom Guest Posts: n/a	a quick look at /proc/cpuinfo would show what the cpu did and did not support in the flags line

04-01-2007, 05:42 PM	#7
AnacortesBoys Guest Posts: n/a	Yes, and from that (and AMD docs) I am sure the processor I have does not contain the SSE instruction set. The "it" that TheMG was preferring to in this case is srcds. This CPU should be able to run srcds_run. Thanks

04-01-2007, 08:11 PM	#8
kennycom Guest Posts: n/a	He was thinking that your CPU did support SSE,, but you would have to check the cpuinfo to confirm it,, yes you do need it to run srcds_run (well, srcds_run is just a script but the binaries that it points to require it..)

04-02-2007, 06:45 PM	#9
AnacortesBoys Guest Posts: n/a	So the Linux versions requires an SSE enabled processor, but the WINDOWS version of srcds.exe does not?

04-02-2007, 09:33 PM	#10
kennycom Guest Posts: n/a	I do not know what is required of windows, as I only subscribe to the linux list, and the 1 windows server I have dealt with was new enough to support SSE2.....