The classic switch for this was /G. Your available options were different for different versions of the compiler (with newer versions discarding older parameters, although they continue to accept them for compatibility reasons). Here is what you got:
, , , . .
, , . , , - Itanium ( ). , V++ 2005 /G3 - /G7:
[The] /G3, /G4, /G5, /G6, /G7 /GB . " ", .
, V++ 6, , V++ 2008. , , VS 2012 Pentium Pro. - . 2012 , . , Windows XP, Pentium-233, Windows XP .
_M_IX86 - , Intel IA-32, 32- x86, , _M_AMD64 64- x86. .
, _M_IX86 - , . , , _M_PPC: MSV++, PowerPC? 4,2?
. , .
, /arch. :
/arch:IA32, , x87/arch:SSE, SSE/arch:SSE2, SSE2 ( x86)/arch:AVX, Intel./arch:AVX2, Intel 2
"", , , . , , SSE, CMOV, CMOV , /arch:SSE . CMOV SSE; SSE Pentium III, CMOV Pentium Pro. , SSE.
/favor. V++ 2008, /G3 - /G7. :
/favor:blend/favor:INTEL64 , Intel x86-64/favor:AMD64 , AMD x86-64/favor:ATOM , Intel Atom.