Performance
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Fragment Programs are Expensive!
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Try to do as much as possible in vertex
programs.
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Try to keep fragment programs small.
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Note: not all hardware supports
fragments
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Rhodes 453 has Quadro FX GPU
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s, which
DO support fragment programs
Register combiners – fp20 profile.
texutre + arithmetic operations. 4 texture instructions + 8 arithmetic instructions