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		mey on March 18, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PowerVR GR6500: Ray tracing is the future and the ... Two thoughts: I would love to see a video of a dynamic environment (aka actors/objects moving in a scene). Also, how long before cryptocurrency miners use these to gain step function over current gpus.

duaneb on March 19, 2014 | [–]

> Also, how long before cryptocurrency miners use these to gain step function over current gpus.

I can't imagine these ever being cheaper than ASICs.

lucian1900 on March 19, 2014 | [–]

> Also, how long before cryptocurrency miners use these to gain step function over current gpus.

Ugh. Never. Computing a hash won't be any faster on these GPUs.

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