@ efd753: I see what you're saying, why can't the dual-core CPU architecture handle these kind of physics calculations instead?. Well, the answer lies in your own question.
The idea of us having a dedicated GPU is just that: a dedicated processor that can handle all your eye-candy calculations that a) the CPU isn't (or no longer is) designed to do, and b) even if it technically can, the GPU still offloads the tasks from the CPU to improve overall system performance.
If you watch the tech demos, you'll get the drift of what a PPU is capable of in games/real-time. There's no way in hell that current CPU's could produce this level of realism, parallel architecture or not.
The idea of us having a dedicated GPU is just that: a dedicated processor that can handle all your eye-candy calculations that a) the CPU isn't (or no longer is) designed to do, and b) even if it technically can, the GPU still offloads the tasks from the CPU to improve overall system performance.
If you watch the tech demos, you'll get the drift of what a PPU is capable of in games/real-time. There's no way in hell that current CPU's could produce this level of realism, parallel architecture or not.
