Just have to push to get AMD to beef up 3DNow with double precision, I
guess. Could call it Super Extended 3DNow!  :)
And yes, it would be a good addition to the FAQ.

"Christoph Hormann" <chr### [at] gmxde> wrote in message
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> Micha Riser wrote:
> >
> > As I understood it, 3DNow supports single precision floating point only.
> > But POV (and ray-tracing in general) needs double precision to get good
> > pictures (there is a thread in p.unofficial.patches about why this is
> > so). Therefore 3DNow is useless for POV.
> >
> > - Micha
>
> Specifically the threads:
>
> 3D!Now & ISSE
> double/single precision
>
> BTW, wouldn't that be a good addition to the VFAQ?
>
> Christoph
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