Pre "GPGPU" era of mostly fixed function 3d accelerators is hardly comparable to modern programmable GPUs.
> It's just way less impressive to me given they're using a powerful graphics card to mostly do what it's designed to do ...
This demo isn't at all what the GPU is "designed to do". The all-procedural graphics is way different from drawing artist-generated 3d models from memory while being orchestrated by the CPU. While it is more commonplace today, this demo was pioneering work in "all GPU" procedural graphics.
"Pre "GPGPU" era of mostly fixed function 3d accelerators is hardly comparable to modern programmable GPUs."
Which people used to do things they weren't designed for at all in so-called GPGPU work. The results defaulted on really, clever work. It's why I brought it up.
"The all-procedural graphics is way different from drawing artist-generated 3d models from memory while being orchestrated by the CPU. While it is more commonplace today, this demo was pioneering work in "all GPU" procedural graphics."
This is where I likely slipped up. I forgot how old this one was. I retract that claim then.
> It's just way less impressive to me given they're using a powerful graphics card to mostly do what it's designed to do ...
This demo isn't at all what the GPU is "designed to do". The all-procedural graphics is way different from drawing artist-generated 3d models from memory while being orchestrated by the CPU. While it is more commonplace today, this demo was pioneering work in "all GPU" procedural graphics.