# Performance question: is modulo a taxing operator?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/performance-question-is-modulo-a-taxing-operator/305425>\
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**Created:** [February 25, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/performance-question-is-modulo-a-taxing-operator/305425 "2010-02-25T02:00:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/performance-question-is-modulo-a-taxing-operator/305425/1 "2010-02-25T02:00:15Z")

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That’s pretty much it. If modulo is being executed within an ~300 iteration loop every frame, is it really taxing? If it is, is there an optimized way to produce the same result as modulo? This is an offline project, so I have all the memory I need, I’m more concerned about frame rate performance.

thanks for any input!