POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : GPU rendering : Re: Physically Correct rendering Server Time
5 Sep 2024 03:19:18 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Physically Correct rendering  
From: Sabrina Kilian
Date: 18 Jan 2010 16:57:46
Message: <4b54d95a@news.povray.org>
Chambers wrote:
> Our options are to either wait for more powerful GPUs, or rewrite the
> entire program from scratch.
> 
> Since the POV-Team is currently investing a great deal of time working
> out bugs in 3.7, the idea of throwing everything out the window and
> starting over does not appeal to them.  So they have decided to focus on
> 3.7, and wait for something more useful to come along.

And, updating the code to 3.7 will make those changes easier once GPUs
offer the capabilities that are needed. So, it is a win/win!


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