make_ptx.py turns the 32 cvt.rn.f16x2.e4m3x2 of rrlite_dec0_4x4_folded into calls of d4r_dec_e4m3x2 (tex_common.h) when D4R_TEX_FP8=1: v_cvt_pk_f32_fp8 and two conversions to f16 instead of ZLUDA's integer lowering (about 25 instructions each; the kernel goes from 4058 to 3418 instructions). The conversion equals ZLUDA's e4m3_to_f16_bits for every code except the NaN codes 0x7f / 0xff, checked over all 65536 code pairs on an RX 9070 XT, and the head never stages those codes (it clamps to +-448 before encoding). Harness frames are byte-identical in the accuracy and the fast set, over a 16-frame moving sequence in the accuracy set. dec0 at 2227x1253 render: 0.43 -> 0.38 ms (accuracy), 0.36 -> 0.30 ms (fast). -DD4R_TEX_SOFT_E4M3 gives ZLUDA's lowering; builds without D4R_TEX_FP8 keep the PTX instruction.