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SSE has been around since the days of 3DMark 99 MAX. CPUs ever since Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon XP have supported SSE. A CPU without SSE support is most likely too weak for 3DMark05 anyway. SSE use provides a nice performance addition to 3DMark05, so it is needed for the new extremely heavy game tests.
