You've probably all seen the preview for the new Final Fantasy movie. The animation is without a doubt amazing and just blows me away.

Does anybody know what kind hardware and/or software they use for these type of things?

How long does it take to render each frame?

As for hardware I want to know as intricate as possible what they use, videocards, processors, harddrives, memory, etc, etc, etc.

What are prices on some of the systems they use?

How many systems are being used to render and create frames/animations at one time?

Do you think the technology being used will every become availabe for mainstream desktops which will allow games to be played in those graphics processing in real-time?

Give me the low down.

If you guys think this doesn't belong in this forum, just let me know and I'll move it. I wasn't sure if this would fit into hardcore techies, as it seemed border line to me.

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