BF2S Forums Mona Lisa painted in 275 milliseconds with 1,100 paintballs

At the NVIDIA’s NVISION '08 event, Mythbusters Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage demonstrated the difference between the graphical power of a CPU-based unit and a dedicated graphics processing unit, which NVIDIA makes. The GPU stole the show, of course, going after the CPU demonstration that used a paintball-shooting turret, which painted a simple smiley face on a canvas.

After that, they unveiled what they had planned for the GPU: an 1,100-barrel paintball cannon. In one, concentrated barrage, the 1,100 paintballs did the trick, painting a splotchy-though-recognizable version of the Mona Lisa in just 275 milliseconds. No gamer would ever run a tower with only the on-board CPU to handle the graphics, but the display was awesome anyway.