In article <35cbd23c.0@news.povray.org>, ran### [at] idcommcom says...
>
>    Well, it's true.  POV-Ray should support the new 3DNow technology in the
>new AMD K6-2 Processor.  Speaking of which, does anyone know where I could
>find docs on how to code for this new processor?  I'd really like to know
>how to write stuff for it.  Then perhaps I could even modify POV-Ray to
>support it.  If it can make Quake II run faster than the equivelant Pentium
>II, then I'm sure it can do wonders for POV-Ray.
>

Don't think so; OpenGL (or alikes...) and raytracing are very different 
beasts.  As it have been extensively discussed before, 3D-accelerating
cards have absolutely no effect on Povray.

Now, maybe some parts of the K6-2's instruction set could speed up some
Povray operations ?  I don't know...  It's probably worth to try.
Anyway, CPU-specific compiles are always faster than "generalist" ones...

Fabien.

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