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To: Kevin K. Spurway who wrote (35354)	8/1/1998 12:48:00 AM
From: dumbmoney	Respond to of 1573695

Can you think of any kinds of mainstream applications which will require double precision but won't work with single precision 3DNow SIMD? The "double precision" thing is a "Tom's hardware" brain fart.

To: Kevin K. Spurway who wrote (35354)	8/1/1998 3:05:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573695

Kevin - Re: "Can you think of any kinds of mainstream applications which will require double precision but won't work with single precision 3DNow SIMD?" For graphical functions, both would work - but the much higher resolution of the graphical image, generated with double precision FPU, will be more realistic. Further, high end CAD systems - which rely on double precision FPU mathematics - will be able to match their screen resolutions to their internal databases. Paul