Intel convert ET:QW to raytracing

[initialised]

Cell is not x86... and the idea is in the works... it is called Larrabee, which by Intel is a multicored, vectorized x86 ISA approach.

x86ness has been proven (at least by Linux) to be less important than it used to be. If Microsoft were to follow suit and become less tied to x86 & x64 and more modular by making windows more of an API than an OS (as they seem to be doing with MinWin) then so long as they provide both a customisable kernel and a (relatively) simplistic user interface then we users would be less tied to the archaic x86 platform.

ps: like your sig

[saaya]

hmmmm i wonder if the awful texture quality is necessary or else the perf drops too much, or if its just a limit of the game... does anybody play quake wars et? do the textures always look this sucky?

[strange|ife]

from what i understand this is rendered through software, with no GPU. Lots of power needed..looks cool..but will be a few more years before we see Raytraced games imo.

I remeber running HL in software mode because i had no video card! on a 200mhz Pentnium. The day my mom bought me my voodoo card, i was a hog in heaven..wasnt that long ago..but still..ahh memories.

[LowRun]

I'm not impressed in the slightest.