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11 Aug 2024 19:31:58 EDT (-0400)
  Re: New video cards may offload POV  
From: Mark Wagner
Date: 28 Jul 1999 03:06:33
Message: <379eabf9@news.povray.org>
Ken wrote in message <379C26B1.24384A6A@pacbell.net>...
>
>
>Mark Wagner wrote:
>>
>> 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
>
>The system or a "real" world ?


Yes.


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