The problem is that GPUs, in their current form, are great for 
processing triangles but not much else.

POV-Ray, on the other hand, uses a wide variety of geometric primitives.

There *was* a version floating around that did a tessellated preview 
using OpenGL.  While functional, it never really caught on (AFAIK, the 
prevailing method of a quick preview is to #declare several identifiers 
specifying quality levels at the head of your main .pov file).

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...Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com

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