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Metal is a feature of the OS not the hardware. Every Mac supports metal today. Some caveats: * maybe not true if you go back to the introduction of metal but

by dagmx 4y ago

Metal is a feature of the OS not the hardware. Every Mac supports metal today. Some caveats: * maybe not true if you go back to the introduction of metal but idk * metal feature support varies by hardware

rosywoozlechan 4y ago
It's true that currently Metal is available across different GPUs, but the feature set available is dictated by the hardware: https://developer.apple.com/metal/Metal-Feature-Set-Tables.pdf https://developer.apple.com/metal/Metal-Feature-Set-Tables.p...
- dagmx 4y ago
  Edit: the user above changed the content of their post materially twice , with wildly different content each time. I’m not sure how to respond as a result since it’s hard to discuss in good faith. V1 of their comment simply asked what “metal” evokes in one’s mind. V2 then posted a link to the Metal page saying it lets you directly use your GPU hardware. V3 is now pointing out that metal feature support varies by hardware which I already called out, but they’re positing as a contradiction somehow. As such I’ve removed my reply because it makes no sense based on their frequent changes and left this one instead.
  - rosywoozlechan 4y ago
    I corrected my comment as I realized I was mistaken? I didn't see that I had a reply, and I wasn't able to delete my comment. You must have replied instantly because this all happened within a couple of minutes of me originally writing the comment. I frequently update comments like this.
    - dagmx 4y ago
      Fair enough. It does show a 5 minute difference between the comments, so not instant but I recognize edits happen. It’s just that each of your edits were so wildly different. As for your latest update, I had already mentioned that in my comment as a caveat, though I hadn’t shared the link which is always great to have.

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Metal is a feature of the OS not the hardware. Every Mac supports metal today. Some caveats: * maybe not true if you go back to the introduction of metal but

by dagmx 4y ago

rosywoozlechan 4y ago
It's true that currently Metal is available across different GPUs, but the feature set available is dictated by the hardware: https://developer.apple.com/metal/Metal-Feature-Set-Tables.pdf https://developer.apple.com/metal/Metal-Feature-Set-Tables.p...
- dagmx 4y ago
  Edit: the user above changed the content of their post materially twice , with wildly different content each time. I’m not sure how to respond as a result since it’s hard to discuss in good faith. V1 of their comment simply asked what “metal” evokes in one’s mind. V2 then posted a link to the Metal page saying it lets you directly use your GPU hardware. V3 is now pointing out that metal feature support varies by hardware which I already called out, but they’re positing as a contradiction somehow. As such I’ve removed my reply because it makes no sense based on their frequent changes and left this one instead.
  - rosywoozlechan 4y ago
    I corrected my comment as I realized I was mistaken? I didn't see that I had a reply, and I wasn't able to delete my comment. You must have replied instantly because this all happened within a couple of minutes of me originally writing the comment. I frequently update comments like this.
    - dagmx 4y ago
      Fair enough. It does show a 5 minute difference between the comments, so not instant but I recognize edits happen. It’s just that each of your edits were so wildly different. As for your latest update, I had already mentioned that in my comment as a caveat, though I hadn’t shared the link which is always great to have.