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11 Aug 2024 15:20:27 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Pentium III compile  
From: Matt Giwer
Date: 29 Jun 1999 16:45:32
Message: <3779307E.FAD2E7CB@giwersworld.org>
Jurica Lovakovic wrote:

> Are there any plans for a P3-optimised compile of POV-Ray?

> Or, even better, can POV-Ray make use of the new P3 instructions (I
> suppose it can, because they're supposed to accelerate 3d computations).

	That is game 3D. It has nothing to do with rendering 3D. They
increase the speed of manipulating pre-rendered objects in games.
Things like POV-Ray should work faster on RISC machines but I am
unaware of a comparison tests on them. 

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