POV-Ray: Newsgroups: povray.windows: POVRAY 64 Bit for XP 64bit and AMD 64bit processor: Re: POVRAY 64 Bit for XP 64bit and AMD 64bit processor

POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.windows : POVRAY 64 Bit for XP 64bit and AMD 64bit processor : Re: POVRAY 64 Bit for XP 64bit and AMD 64bit processor		Server Time 19 May 2024 06:33:20 EDT (-0400)

From: Warp
Date: 6 Nov 2007 12:44:51
Message: <4730a813@news.povray.org>

Woody <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> Can anyone give me some insight into the advantages of using the version of
> POVRAY specifically meant for the 64 bit WinXP and and AMD 64 bit processor.

  It shouldn't be any slower than the 32-bit version, so I don't see any
harm in using it. Its advantage is that it can use more memory and it might
be a bit faster (due to how compilers can optimize code for the AMD64
processor).

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                                                          - Warp

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