could i run exocad dental program on boot camp win 10 pro macbook pro 16 inch ? provided that this program needs openCL, openGL and direct X. because i heard that radeon pro 5500m doesn't support openCL and openGL but only metal..
thanks in advance
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Metal, OpenCL, OpenGL are all different Application Programming Interfaces (API's). No graphics Hardware directly executes an API, the API system calls are translated into graphics Hardware command primitives that the graphics Hardware carries out.
Saying that MacOS Mojave and emulated Windows does not run OpenCL and OpenGL is not correct. Of course MacOS supports them.
But Mojave and later do not use OpenCL and OpenGL for their own internal system calls. They require Metal API support. Metal support is provided in Mojave and later MacOS, but not for every graphics Hardware that ever existed. Some are considered too old, and a Metal to graphics Hardwire translator has not been written for older Hardware (especially pre 2010).
Good afternoon scofiield40,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand you are considering installing exoCAD dental software on a Windows 10 partition on your new MacBook Pro. I would direct this question to the developer of the software. Their tech support should be able to tell you if their software is compatible with this configuration.
Take care.
thank you so much for your reply and i'm sorry for my lack of knowledge...from what you said i can understand that exocad program will work properly using bootcamp windows 10 pro on the macbook pro 16 inch !
Can MacBook Pro 16 i9 run Windows with openCL, openGL and direct X?
