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Which is worst: Too many VertexShader instructions, or FragmentShader instructions?

I want to have a better understanding of how to create shaders with optimal performance and realize where some bottlenecks can occur. Is it usually favorable (when possible) to delegate most of the ...
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Skipping glReadPixels and reading iPhone's “VRAM” directly

I'd like to rapidly capture "screenshots" of my OpenGL ES iPhone game and turn them into a video. I've tried the following approach (it works but degrades the game play to an unacceptable level): ...
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Drawing the same mesh or drawing the same material?

I was wondering. Suppose I have a 1000 grass meshes. They all have the same material, but I create them separately, because they look slightly different, because they have different heights. Does my ...
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Is it possible to use the GPU on a mobile device to accelerate a particle physics engine?

I am interested in answers for any mobile device but I am mainly considering the iPhone and devices that run Java. I am developing a game that relies heavily on a particle physics engine for core ...