Rendering Games with Raytracing Will Revolutionize Graphics

jmke · 25th September 2007, 17:00

The team used four different quad-core systems (Kentsfield based) connected via Gigabit Ethernet distribution systems to render in a simulated 16-core system. The results you can see were impressive with a 15.2x improvement in frame rate over the baseline systems. These tests were run at a resolution of 1024x1024 which is obviously not a classic gaming screen size, but pixels are pixels when it comes to rendering through raytracing.

http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=455

Rutar · 25th September 2007, 18:08

"Intel saw the potential in this type of game rendering engine and hired Daniel to help with a ray tracing project based on future Intel hardware."

Glide 2.0?

jmke · 25th September 2007, 18:54

Glide was never raytraced

Rutar · 25th September 2007, 19:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmke

Glide was never raytraced

I am more referring to a renderer specifically designed for a type of HW.

geoffrey · 25th September 2007, 21:06

Massive parallel calculating power, sounds like GPU, not CPU.

BlackRabbit · 25th September 2007, 22:54

Raytracing sure is the next step for games (for graphics, that is).

Kougar · 26th September 2007, 22:44

Hm, I think the INQ actually got wind of this ~6 months ago when that guy was just hired, they did a brief article on it.

Almost linear scaling per core... since Larabee is x86, this sounds very much like Intel is planning ahead for their new chip...

25th September 2007, 17:00	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,497	Rendering Games with Raytracing Will Revolutionize Graphics The team used four different quad-core systems (Kentsfield based) connected via Gigabit Ethernet distribution systems to render in a simulated 16-core system. The results you can see were impressive with a 15.2x improvement in frame rate over the baseline systems. These tests were run at a resolution of 1024x1024 which is obviously not a classic gaming screen size, but pixels are pixels when it comes to rendering through raytracing. http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=455 __________________

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25th September 2007, 18:08	#2
Rutar Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,267	"Intel saw the potential in this type of game rendering engine and hired Daniel to help with a ray tracing project based on future Intel hardware." Glide 2.0?

25th September 2007, 21:06	#5
geoffrey [M] Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,126	Massive parallel calculating power, sounds like GPU, not CPU.

26th September 2007, 22:44	#7
Kougar Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,640	Hm, I think the INQ actually got wind of this ~6 months ago when that guy was just hired, they did a brief article on it. Almost linear scaling per core... since Larabee is x86, this sounds very much like Intel is planning ahead for their new chip...