[quake3] Re: Can't get code to compile in VC Express

[Ryan C. Gordon]

> If may ever so slightly, because VC is targetted only at x86 and thus
> can afford to take shortcuts that wouldn't be acceptable in gcc. The
> code that is compiled in the MinGW and MSVC builds is for all intents
> and purposes identical, so there is no performance advantage there.

It's generally believed that MSVC generates significantly better code 
than gcc, but for something like quake3, the difference is probably 
unnoticable (or at least, will net you say, 150 fps instead of 140 or 
something).

--ryan.