diff --git a/myconfigure b/myconfigure
index 8b40b3a2f..255320f37 100755
--- a/myconfigure
+++ b/myconfigure
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 ./configure --prefix=$HOME --with-toolbox=$HOME/toolbox/ --with-boost=/opt/local/include/
+
+# for maximum performance on Intel Core2 platform:
+# ./configure --prefix=$HOME --with-toolbox=$HOME/toolbox/ --with-boost=/opt/local/include/ CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=nocona -mtune=generic -NDEBUG"
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