normalizing normals

Michael M. Cohen mmcohen at ssyx.ucsc.edu
Mon Jul 1 00:23:33 AEST 1991


On a 310-VGX-FX, 3.3.2, which is faster in toto:
1) normalizing normals with the cpu
or
2) letting the GL normalize with nmode(NNORMALIZE)
?

Does the GL carry out normalization in software
or using the graphics hardware?



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