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<blockquote data-quote="MadScience2006" data-source="post: 207902" data-attributes="member: 1356"><p>It's not that it's too late, it's that Metal wasn't even around, let alone devices that were capable of using it. The use of Metal in iOS has only been around for what, a year or so? And only the newest devices support it:</p><p></p><p><strong>Apple A8 GPU:</strong></p><p>iPad Air 2 Wi-Fi</p><p>iPad Air 2 Wi-Fi + Cellular</p><p>iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus</p><p></p><p><strong>Apple A7 GPU:</strong></p><p>iPad Mini 3 Wi-Fi</p><p>iPad Mini 3 Wi-Fi + Cellular</p><p>iPhone 5s</p><p>iPad Air Wi-Fi</p><p>iPad Air Wi-Fi + Cellular</p><p>iPad Mini with Retina display Wi-Fi</p><p>iPad Mini with Retina display Wi-Fi + Cellular</p><p></p><p>*If* Metal was around early in TPA's life and devices supported it, maybe it would have been used. If implemented now, recoding would likely be from the ground up and ONLY the devices mentioned above would be capable, alienating many users with older devices. I really doubt FS is going to do this as they can't even implement fixes for long-standing, table-specific bugs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MadScience2006, post: 207902, member: 1356"] It's not that it's too late, it's that Metal wasn't even around, let alone devices that were capable of using it. The use of Metal in iOS has only been around for what, a year or so? And only the newest devices support it: [B]Apple A8 GPU:[/B] iPad Air 2 Wi-Fi iPad Air 2 Wi-Fi + Cellular iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus [B]Apple A7 GPU:[/B] iPad Mini 3 Wi-Fi iPad Mini 3 Wi-Fi + Cellular iPhone 5s iPad Air Wi-Fi iPad Air Wi-Fi + Cellular iPad Mini with Retina display Wi-Fi iPad Mini with Retina display Wi-Fi + Cellular *If* Metal was around early in TPA's life and devices supported it, maybe it would have been used. If implemented now, recoding would likely be from the ground up and ONLY the devices mentioned above would be capable, alienating many users with older devices. I really doubt FS is going to do this as they can't even implement fixes for long-standing, table-specific bugs. [/QUOTE]
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