OMG!!!CELL can do realtime RAYTRACING with just software!!!!

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washimul said: This is why new tools and EDGE were announced at GDC just look at the demo...........CELL +irt raytraces it at 1080p without RSX. i believe with PLAYSTATION EDGE + irt +CELL u wd have just about anything on ps3. trust me after JUNE ......u wd be having SHREK quality games on ps3. i have provided several links............just click on one of them for proof. MOTORSTORM is amazing and i am waiting for LAIR.

Look - for starters, YOU started this thread. And instead of sticking with comments about the ray-tracing, just about every post mentions other games, how amazing they are, etc. Please try and stick to your own topic. This alone makes it read like fanboy drivel. Secondly - to claim that you are getting "SHREK" quality, rendered footage from a single PS3 is just ridiculous. A good friend of mine works at SGI, and I have a pretty good idea of the machine s/hardware that are used to generate footage like Shrek. None of it is generated at realtime (most takes minutes, if not hours to generate a single frame). A PS3 is at BEST 8-10 PC's stuck together (at best!), and this wouldn't get close to what you are claiming - not even close. Hence that comments sounds like fanboy drivel again. This even ignores the "network rendering" comments in the article. And finally - none of this has anything to do with GAMES. There is a SIGNIFICANT difference between a theoretical rendering performance on a machine (single scene, optimised for rendering, etc) and something WITHIN A GAME. The CPU is primarily used for everything EXCEPT rendering - AI, control, networking, sound, rendering setup (etc). To use your precious CPU power for something the RSX was designed for would be extremely inefficient. None of the studios I have ever worked at would even consider this. More-so when you have programmable pixels shaders. I can conclude that either you really don't know what you are talking about (except for possible some simple downloadable games, there will NEVER be a ray-traced game released for the PS3!), or that you are trying to spread misinformation. Either way - it comes across as fanboy drivel, and (in MY opinion) you should improve your posts and writing if you want to be taken even (slightly) seriously.