Many projects
work best on computers supporting SSE2 because they then can use all sorts of
fancy features to speed up the processes.
But many
n00bs don’t know if their machines run SSE2 so here is a pretty straightforward
way of checking if you have it:
1. Get
EVEREST Home Edition here
2. Install
it
3. Start
it. Follow this picture:

I
support SSE2!
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