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28 Jul 2024 06:18:45 EDT (-0400)
  Re: POV and AMD's 3DNow instructions  
From: TonyB
Date: 18 Sep 1999 11:48:54
Message: <37e3b466@news.povray.org>
AFAIK, no support for any of this has been added. Apparently, it is because
the FP that these processors (like the Pentium III) add is single-precision,
not double-precision like POV uses, so it doesn't benefit from it. I believe
I've heard some mention that small parts of POV might be able to be
accelerated, but nothing substantial. Another alternative was to compile
with a compiler that optimizes the compiled executable for these processors.


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