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11 Aug 2024 19:36:17 EDT (-0400)
  Re: New video cards may offload POV  
From: Ken
Date: 26 Jul 1999 05:15:44
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 ?

-- 
Ken Tyler
  
mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/links.htm


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