Let's assume that if VS2005 and VS2010 do it, VS2008 probably does, too.

src/stdlib/SDL_stdlib.c

@@ -278,9 +278,8 @@ int SDL_tolower(int x) { return ((x) >= 'A') && ((x) <= 'Z') ? ('a'+((x)-'A')) :
 __declspec(selectany) int _fltused = 1;
 #endif
 
-/* The optimizer on Visual Studio 2010/2012 generates memcpy() calls */
-/* Visual Studio 2005 does it too, and it also generates memset() calls */
-#if (_MSC_VER == 1400 || _MSC_VER >= 1600) && defined(_WIN64) && !defined(_DEBUG)
+/* The optimizer on Visual Studio 2005 and later generates memcpy() calls */
+#if (_MSC_VER >= 1400) && defined(_WIN64) && !defined(_DEBUG)
 #include <intrin.h>
 
 #pragma function(memcpy)