I've been reading a few of customs pc's articles on ray tracing, and for 20fps it takes 16 Xeon Cores. Pretty beastly then. However, i was thinking, what with larrabee and the new i7 cores coming out, could raytracing be closer than we think?
If any of the benchmarks and rumours of i7 are to be believed, its going to be epic. (anandtech and toms hardware )
Do you think this might bring it closer? I'm not saying like instantly, but by the time they have rolled out their top end i7's, it will be truely epic, considering their entry levels are beating E8500's. And if you begin to overclock and let the platforms mature... Whether they can beat Xeons, im not sure, but still...I'm extremely excited!!
P.S Any idea if Hexus are gonna get their hands on some i7 hardware?