Derek12 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 I am curious if my GPU supports the new Metal thingy. I checked system Information but nothing there. netkas.org says up to GF 400 but mine (GT610) is low end so I don't know. Searching on Internet can't find nothing, only says that if the "real" Mac is from 2013 then it will support it (I use a iMac 2012 SMBIOS) I used a Metal test app form here (Italian) http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/306752-test-metal-os-x-1011/but it crashes (Segmentation fault 11) so no useful here (unless the crash means no Metal support but no mention in the thread). Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffs Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 did you try in terminal ? this is my output as expected $ ./MetalInfo MetalInfo! No Metal Device Found and from netkas blog MetalInfo! Metal Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670Lower Power Device: NoHeadless Device: Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek12 Posted September 15, 2015 Author Share Posted September 15, 2015 Thank you. Yes, this is what I get: Chriss-Mac-Pro:~ Chris$ /Users/Chris/Downloads/Metal\ \(1\)/MetalInfo MetalInfo! Segmentation fault: 11 Chriss-Mac-Pro:~ Chris$ And opening the other executable gives a instant crash Process: MetalTest [511] Path: /Users/USER/Downloads/*/MetalTest.app/Contents/MacOS/MetalTest Identifier: org.netkas.MetalTest Version: 1.0 (1) Code Type: X86-64 (Native) Parent Process: ??? [1] Responsible: MetalTest [511] User ID: 501 Date/Time: 2015-09-15 03:25:39.320 -0700 OS Version: Mac OS X 10.11 (15A282a) Report Version: 11 Anonymous UUID: 7B09E2F0-7DAC-2F9B-1ABA-D46CAC2DEEF5 Time Awake Since Boot: 1600 seconds System Integrity Protection: disabled Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV) Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000008 Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY VM Regions Near 0x8: I tried downloading from netkas blog and I get the same thing I am doing something wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek12 Posted September 15, 2015 Author Share Posted September 15, 2015 Is there another alternative app out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PippoX0 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Use glview from Mac store If OpenGL 4.3 is supported -> metal ok If OpenGL is only 3.x -> no metal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightf4ll Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 ATI 5770 not supported? I hope they will fix this in final release.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek12 Posted September 16, 2015 Author Share Posted September 16, 2015 Thank you. Mine goes up to 4.1 in OSX However, in Windows 10 it supports up to 4.4. Does Apple have to update the driver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwestpha Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Most PC graphics cards we use in hacks aren't going to be supported (old) or don't have full metal support yet. Apple has blocked implementation of new graphics capabilities for years now. For example: I have a Nvidia 970 that requires the webdrivers. Metal support hasn't landed in those drivers yet for this architecture. Since Apple has been blocking Graphics API improvements for years its stuck at OpenGL 4.1. This shows the maxwell nvidia GPUs have not had new API capabilities added to them (yet). [Apple wants to move people away from using universal cross-platform APIs (OpenGL & upcoming Vulcan which does much of the same things as Metal... but works everywhere.) and the upcoming and focus on Apple native APIs it can control and manage... hence Metal for iOS now being expanded and improved to OS X.] The built-in graphics drivers for some nvidia/Intel/AMD GPUs have been updated to support metal, and also OpenGL 4.3. Web drivers have been less of a priority before release, so developments for architectures (like the maxwell I use) not found in macs are a low priority (ie the 970). Looks like Apple, as part of reworking the system support to add metal support, also allowed the manufacturer's OpenGL to become less than 5 years out of date (4.1 is a API spec from 2010, 4.3 is an API spec from 2012). Just as an FYI, only Intel is used for native rendering of UI elements with Metal drivers at this point, so you won't see improvements in regular daily use at this point anyways. It will most likely take some time before discrete card support gets far enough along Apple may start switching over to rendering the core UI in Metal too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jperkins909 Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 ./MetalInfo MetalInfo! Metal Device Name: Intel Iris Pro Graphics Lower Power Device: No Headless Device: No my GTX970 is working great alongside the Metal supported HD4600, I don't see any difference in performance on either display doing normal tasks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPhonePunker Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 This was bothering me for a while looks like my 2009 Mac Pro supports Metal with my GTX 980 thanks for the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek12 Posted February 6, 2016 Author Share Posted February 6, 2016 My new GT 730 seems to support metal unlike the 610... MetalInfo! Metal Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 Lower Power Device: No Headless Device: No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdesoso Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 My new GT 730 seems to support metal unlike the 610... MetalInfo! Metal Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 Lower Power Device: No Headless Device: No How did you configured the Geforce GT730? I have this but only recognize 1 GB of 2 GB. And only run if I Inject Nvidia, the web drivers doesn´t seem to work. My connection is VGA. Thanks for your response. Have a nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek12 Posted February 7, 2016 Author Share Posted February 7, 2016 How did you configured the Geforce GT730? I have this but only recognize 1 GB of 2 GB. And only run if I Inject Nvidia, the web drivers doesn´t seem to work. My connection is VGA. Thanks for your response. Have a nice day. Did you use nvda_drv=1 with the web drivers? Be advised, with the nvidia web drivers which are needed to get full acceleration, VGA output will stop working unless you are lucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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