POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.programming : VectorC + Povray? : Re: VectorC + Povray? Server Time
28 Jul 2024 14:23:01 EDT (-0400)
  Re: VectorC + Povray?  
From: Chris Huff
Date: 17 Nov 2000 19:40:25
Message: <chrishuff-DC8629.19404317112000@news.povray.org>
In article <3a13b5e8$1@news.povray.org>, "Anders Haglund" 
<sto### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:

> Has anyone tried to compile Povray with VectorC? (www.codeplay.com)
> Would be nice to see if it could speed things up a litle.

Vector processing features like MMX and 3D-Now only work for integer or 
single precision float values. POV-Ray uses mostly double precision 
floats, and can not benefit very much from these features.

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Christopher James Huff
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