DICE running Battlefield 4 [Tech Demo] on IOS using Metal!

DICE have managed to leverage the power of the IOS Metal API (just like the AMD Mantle API) to improve the performance of their IOS Tech Demo of their Frostbite engine.

Link to DICE blog - http://www.frostbite.com/connect/#frostbite-tech-demo-battlefield-4-on-ios

Link to article on Develope - http://www.develop-online.net/news/dice-experiments-with-frostbite-engine-on-ios-8/0199792

So is Unity Metal ready?

And if it is what performance improvements have you seen?

 

Unity 5 is, (or will be? I think the support was added in a recent beta).

The performance improvements are on the CPU side/low draw call overhead.

 

The difference is massive. Our test level was running @ 12 fps without metal on ipad mini retina, and 60+ with metal. It depends what kind of level you have.

 

Yep. This is from 5.0b11 (Installing b12 as I type this!):

 

Any chance UT could build their WebGL profiler for IOS and compare the graphics API's for performance?

Also any news on the potential adoption of AMD's Mantle?

 

Metal kicks all kinds of ass when leveraged properly. Some of our team have created tech demos/presentations that are just out of this world.

On a side note, Dice/Frostbite are intensely awesome. In the next year or so, they are really going shine.

 

any metal demo in unity? like zen garden?and can i control the vertex buffer in metal?