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New startup says it can do Ray tracing 13x faster than Nvidia (no fake frames)

TrojanWhore said:
Yeah that was my thought, that it could be true (at a stretch) if it's an ASIC/fixed function, and therefore can ONLY do path tracing.
It also seems to be reliant at least in part on SODIMM RAM, so would be massively bandwidth starved for real time applications - not an issue for static rendering (or even animated when you can pre-load all the assets)

Maybe, just maybe, you could stick 256-512GB of RAM on one when density increases and pre-load all assets for the whole game :cry:

The fact it has both an RJ45 BMC management interface and a 400gbps (!) SFP network port further confirms we won't be gaming on one any time soon!

Edit: Had a quick look and I can't see this saving us any money any time soon, given that a single QSFP 400 transceiver module is around £1500 on it's own!
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400Gbps - VideoBits

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I think this is better suited for render farms. I can imagine a bunch of these networked together using the 400Gbps QSFP port. The dual PCIe x16 slots are pretty intriguing, though—I'm not sure why they're necessary.
 
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Grim5 said:
They claim their Zeus GPU can render games at 4k 120fps with Ray Tracing doing 25 bounces per pixel, and no fake frames

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Gaming - Bolt Graphics

Build the most stunning games with and for Zeus, the industry's fastest path tracing GPU.
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Yeah just like the prince from Nigeria is waiting to give me 5 million quid, I just need to give him access to my bank account first :cry:
 
Maybe Raytracing should have been done as an add-on card? Or nvidia could have made AI/raytracing add-on cards and still focused on traditional raster for the mainline? It'd have given them an excuse to sell a whole other PCB?
 
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Bolt Graphics' Zeus GPU: Dev Kits Arrive 2026 for Gaming, HPC, and CAD

When Bolt Graphics made its appearance early this year, it was quite a shock to see a new entrant in the already very competitive consumer/prosumer GPU market. However, Bolt promises that its Zeus GPU is an entirely different beast, focused on areas such as path tracing in games, CAD workloads...
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Zeus developer kits delayed to 2026 and mass production is 2 years away in 2027.


Zeus graphic card supported up to 384GB VRAM! Wow!!! RTX 5090 only got tiny 32GB VRAM. :eek:
 
I know some people have made mention but a dedicated RT card would be cool - if that was possible - I have no idea of the complexity involved. But I can't believe they haven't seen a gap in the market for it. Imagine a GPU that focused on the basics, then a connecting card that enabled RT. But based on a budget. They could offer 2-3 add-on modules in a tier based approach that gave different RT performance (+£100, +£200, +£300). Just another way to rinse the consumer after spending £500+ on a base GPU. Ok that is a terrible idea. :D:cry:
 
Calin Banc said:
Why would I sell for $500mil a business potentially worth a lot more? Of course, assuming it can actually do what it says it does.
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People sell things all the time when they might potentially have greater value in the future. If you’ve taken a business as far as you can (or can be arsed to, at least) then you might well be happy to sell even if you know it could get bigger.
 
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4k 120fps path tracing.......................... :cry:
 
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