Instructions for both can be found online. The official AMD GPU drivers should work on Ubuntu 18.04 and 16.04, which are also supported by the amdvlk driver. If you receive an error message about the Vulkan runtime missing, you can run the following in a terminal: sudo apt install vulkan-utilsįor AMD systems we have no guidance. To install the Nvidia 440 driver, run the following: sudo apt install nvidia-440Īfter a reboot, you should have a Vulkan 1.1 capable driver. If you don’t have the graphics driver PPA or if your system doesn’t know about the Nvidia 440 driver yet, run the following in your Terminal: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa sudo apt update & sudo apt-get upgrade -y However, I observed a huge performance difference for Metal Performance Shaders (MPS) between the two GPUs. I supposed the AMD 555X would be superior in performance compared to the Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630. The driver can be installed from the command line, although depending on the Ubuntu system the graphics driver PPA might be necessary. My MacBook Pro 2018 has two GPUs: AMD Radeon Pro 555X and Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630. Linuxįor Nvidia systems we require driver version 440.26 or newer, and a card that supports Vulkan 1.1 with at least 1Gb of VRAM. You may be able to get Vulkan to run on third party drivers available here, but no official drivers or support is available. Nvidia GPUs are supported on macOS 10.13 and 10.14.īootCamp is not supported. Macįor Metal we require a Metal 2 capable graphics card with at least 1Gb of VRAM.ĪMD or Intel GPUs are supported on macOS 10.13, 10.14, and 10.15. Upgrading your 2009 GPU card alone here wont help. So that would require you upgrading your system to a newer model that supports the OS which has the API support. Keep in mind Metal2 APIs are part of High Sierra which is coming out this fall (in Beta now). Intel systems aren’t currently supported because their driver lacks required functionality. The OS is the issue as youll need El Capitan or newer to gain access to the Metal API.

Vulkan is only supported on Windows 8 and later.įor Nvidia systems we require driver version 440.26 or newer, and a card that supports Vulkan 1.1 with at least 1Gb of VRAM.įor AMD systems we require AMD Adrenaline 19.12.3 or newer, and a card that supports Vulkan 1.1 with at least 1Gb of VRAM. X-Plane 11.50 and later has specific hardware and driver requirements in order to run in Vulkan or Metal.

Mac graphics cards that support metal