Even though everyone says raytracing looks great, but it sure looks flat and not very realistic nor impressive. I would rather hedge my bets on radiosity/global illumination. The lighting and shadows look more realistic than raytracing. Hopefully NV thinks leaps ahead and executes their R&D faster than their competitors... However they should hire a new materials engineer. The losses that they incurred could have gone to R&D.

Orangethetan:

My son has both a gaming PC and a Wii (and also has a 4.0 in college majoring in accounting), and of the two, the Wii gives me much more of a workout while playing it. Now you might be content with becoming a tub-o-lard, but I like the physical activity that comes with the Wii.

Besides, you're a Scientology wonk, so it's not like you have any real intelligence anyway, following the dictates (and wallet-draining activities) of a cult started by a failed (and rather bad, I will add) science-friction hack. Plus, the hollywood types gobble that s**t up, so that's another strike against it.

Thetans, indeed. What a scam.


Might be one of a few reasons why the jolly green giant 'seems' to be ok with having more than a handful of faulty chips on the market floor.

Wonder if they've got anything else remotely interesting up their sleeves?

Shonky.

How come Charlie DeMargarine cannot write an article like this?
Somebody should "inquire" about it, yuk yuk!

More technology that should never leave the PC appearing on the toys of morons.

NV and physics x is nice concept and all . 

But Intel /AMD using Havok along with DX10.1= raytracing . Is a better way . 

Great IQ + physics. NV is doomed. 

YA I know it will be 100 years befor we see RT in games . 

It will be nice to see all this physics stuff. It will be even nicer with Ray tracing.

Ya want to bet on it ???