Ken wrote in message <379B48A0.5961D6C2@pacbell.net>...
>I think I summed it up very well in the VFAQ. If you want to play games and
>mpeg movies on your system then by all means buy a good harware accelerated
>graphics card. If speed is a concern in raytracing then buy a fast
processor,
>with a mother board the has a fast buss, good amounts of level one and 2
cache
>memory for swapping out instructions, and tons of fast system ram. Then sit
>back and wait cause raytracing is a slow process no matter what kind of
system
>you can afford to buy :)


Actually, there is one system that can raytrace in real time, using
massively parallel processing -- the real world.  Anyone know where I can
buy one? :-)

Mark

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