Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> As I understand it, technologies like CUDA allow you to run arbitrary 
> code on a GPU. So no need for convoluted trickery to convince the GPU 
> that your proplem is just like texture mapping, just feed it the actual 
> calculations you want it to do. (Of course, it runs arbitrary code, that 
> doesn't necessarily mean it runs it *fast*.)

Every so often some noob posts in the programming group how POV-Ray is 
out of date, and we should just port to CUDA or the equivalent AMD tech 
(Close-to-the-metal, or something, isn't it?).

There are still significant limitations, even on the very newest NVidia 
cards, that would prevent POV-Ray from working well on them.

...Chambers

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