In my experience with blender, though you can create very detailed photo realistic images without raytracing, but using raytracing makes it much easier to make

In my experience with blender, though you can create very detailed photo realistic images without raytracing, but using raytracing makes it much easier to make the same photos. It takes longer, but it's probably the direction we're going generally with 3d rendering given Moore's law. Anyway this seems a little overhyped