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Add metal 3 iGPU note, add other tips
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Coopydood committed Apr 24, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ The following tables display the added PCI devices and their child keys.

### PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x0)

Intel UHD 630 Graphics
Intel UHD Graphics 630

| **Key** | **Type** | **Value** |
|--------------------------|:--------:|:------------:|
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| igfxfw | Data | ``02000000`` |

> [!WARNING]
> The current configuration of the **Intel UHD 630** is ***headless*** and isn't used with any displays.
> The current configuration of the **UHD Graphics 630** is ***headless*** and isn't used with any displays.
> [!TIP]
> The ``enable-metal`` key is now included to enable **Metal 3** graphics support with the UHD Graphics 630!
>
> This means various macOS apps can now utilise the iGPU - even while headless - for more trivial tasks, such as rendering Finder. This frees up the dGPU's resources for other more intensive tasks.
>
> You can even see this in action by [enabling the hidden GPU tab in Activity Monitor](https://github.com/Coopydood/OpenCore-Z490E-CometLake#show-gpu-tab-in-activity-monitor).
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> [!NOTE]
> The **Intel I225-V** requires a special patch mentioned in [Kernel](https://github.com/Coopydood/OpenCore-Z490E-CometLake/?tab=readme-ov-file#patches).
>
> This only applies to macOS Big Sur and older.
> [!TIP]
> For improved compatibility with macOS Big Sur and older, the ``I225-V`` model has now been masked as the near-identical ``I225-LM`` model. After extensive testing, it appears functionality is the same.
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> [!NOTE]
> ``Z490E_USBMap.kext`` is a custom kext containing the USB mappings of my ASUS ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING motherboard ports - your mileage may vary!
> [!TIP]
> There are multiple versions of ``AirportItlwm.kext`` installed to support various versions of macOS.
>
> You don't have to remove any - they have all been individually configured to only be injected based on the macOS version booted.
### Patches

Intel I225-V 2.5Gb Ethernet
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