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 Tuesday, August 17, 2010
I don't think you know what a memory leak is.  Neither of those leak any and which one uses more shouldn't matter since most memory is allocated from a fixed size hunk anyway.
The visual quality is better with models, as that way you have 3D particles while sprites are 2D images drawn on a quad that automatically adjusts for viewer direction.
You can move behind a 3D particle and see it's backside. Additionally it'll work a bit better with lighting and shadowing effects but that depends on them actually being used to begin with.
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