It really depends on what you want to accomplish - and what your scene is like.

If we're not talking HUGE scenes, you could probably use adepth mapped shadow with no ill effects. Just remember th crank up the shadow map to at least 1024...

Depth mapped shadows are what's causing the notorious Glowing Nostrlis™ - you're quit of those with raytraced shadows.

The downside of raytraces shadows is that they're harder than depthmapped shadows, and if we're not talking a bright, sunny picture, they MAY look odd. IMO they're the bestest, I'm a sucker for anything raytraced, but your mileage may vary...

Oh.. on large scenes, the shadow map gets too small almost no matter what you set it to, so in that case, if you want shadows, you'll need raytraced ones.

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