Well, do a simple test. Render a scene with all the effects you want,
representing a typical frame of the game you have in mind.
Now do some math to figure out, how many times faster your system would have
to be to render it, say, 30fps.
Believe me, the multiplier will be quite staggering.
I figure a relatively simple scene with 640x480 AA, radiosity, atmosphere,
reflections etc. would take _at least_ 10 minutes, that's 600 seconds. To
render it 30 fps, your system would need to be... computing... 18,000 times
faster. That's a LOT.

Margus

Kyle wrote in message <36B76321.FE8B62EB@geocities.com>...
>Oh, I know raytracing wasn't intended for that, but if we had the
>computing power for it to be possible, why not do it?  It'd be much more
>realistic looking than anything else that I can imagine.  I was just
>wondering how much computing power that would be.
> For Effects, I'd say... Antialiasing .3 and Atmosphere,Radiosity,media
>= yes
>Anyone have a clue?
> Kyle
>

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