POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.windows : 3D acceleration cards : Re: 3D acceleration cards Server Time
28 Jul 2024 18:18:47 EDT (-0400)
  Re: 3D acceleration cards  
From: Nieminen Mika
Date: 22 Jan 1970 11:18:01
Message: <34c77139.0@news.povray.org>
Ryan Rife (rif### [at] multiprocom) wrote:
: I have seen a PovRay Emulator that was able to access 3d rendering cards and
: have them do some of the math (not rendering) on the povray raytracing.  It
: was somewhat faster than a normal CPU.  Has anybody else seen this???

  I wonder how do you calculate the intersection of a ray with a primitive
with a 3D-card. AFAIK, 3D-cards do not support spheres, cylinders, etc.

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