###### (This is the documentation for SDL3, which is the current stable version. [SDL2](https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL2/) was the previous version!)
# SDL_CreateGPUDeviceWithProperties

Creates a GPU context.

## Header File

Defined in [<SDL3/SDL_gpu.h>](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/blob/main/include/SDL3/SDL_gpu.h)

## Syntax

```c
SDL_GPUDevice* SDL_CreateGPUDeviceWithProperties(
    SDL_PropertiesID props);
```

## Function Parameters

|                                      |           |                        |
| ------------------------------------ | --------- | ---------------------- |
| [SDL_PropertiesID](SDL_PropertiesID) | **props** | the properties to use. |

## Return Value

([SDL_GPUDevice](SDL_GPUDevice) *) Returns a GPU context on success or NULL
on failure; call [SDL_GetError](SDL_GetError)() for more information.

## Remarks

These are the supported properties:

- [`SDL_PROP_GPU_DEVICE_CREATE_DEBUGMODE_BOOLEAN`](SDL_PROP_GPU_DEVICE_CREATE_DEBUGMODE_BOOLEAN):
  enable debug mode properties and validations, defaults to true.
- [`SDL_PROP_GPU_DEVICE_CREATE_PREFERLOWPOWER_BOOLEAN`](SDL_PROP_GPU_DEVICE_CREATE_PREFERLOWPOWER_BOOLEAN):
  enable to prefer energy efficiency over maximum GPU performance, defaults
  to false.
- [`SDL_PROP_GPU_DEVICE_CREATE_NAME_STRING`](SDL_PROP_GPU_DEVICE_CREATE_NAME_STRING):
  the name of the GPU driver to use, if a specific one is desired.

These are the current shader format properties:

- [`SDL_PROP_GPU_DEVICE_CREATE_SHADERS_PRIVATE_BOOLEAN`](SDL_PROP_GPU_DEVICE_CREATE_SHADERS_PRIVATE_BOOLEAN):
  The app is able to provide shaders for an NDA platform.
- [`SDL_PROP_GPU_DEVICE_CREATE_SHADERS_SPIRV_BOOLEAN`](SDL_PROP_GPU_DEVICE_CREATE_SHADERS_SPIRV_BOOLEAN):
  The app is able to provide SPIR-V shaders if applicable.
- [`SDL_PROP_GPU_DEVICE_CREATE_SHADERS_DXBC_BOOLEAN`](SDL_PROP_GPU_DEVICE_CREATE_SHADERS_DXBC_BOOLEAN):
  The app is able to provide DXBC shaders if applicable
  [`SDL_PROP_GPU_DEVICE_CREATE_SHADERS_DXIL_BOOLEAN`](SDL_PROP_GPU_DEVICE_CREATE_SHADERS_DXIL_BOOLEAN):
  The app is able to provide DXIL shaders if applicable.
- [`SDL_PROP_GPU_DEVICE_CREATE_SHADERS_MSL_BOOLEAN`](SDL_PROP_GPU_DEVICE_CREATE_SHADERS_MSL_BOOLEAN):
  The app is able to provide MSL shaders if applicable.
- [`SDL_PROP_GPU_DEVICE_CREATE_SHADERS_METALLIB_BOOLEAN`](SDL_PROP_GPU_DEVICE_CREATE_SHADERS_METALLIB_BOOLEAN):
  The app is able to provide Metal shader libraries if applicable.

With the D3D12 renderer:

- [`SDL_PROP_GPU_DEVICE_CREATE_D3D12_SEMANTIC_NAME_STRING`](SDL_PROP_GPU_DEVICE_CREATE_D3D12_SEMANTIC_NAME_STRING):
  the prefix to use for all vertex semantics, default is "TEXCOORD".

## Version

This function is available since SDL 3.1.3.

## See Also

- [SDL_GetGPUShaderFormats](SDL_GetGPUShaderFormats)
- [SDL_GetGPUDeviceDriver](SDL_GetGPUDeviceDriver)
- [SDL_DestroyGPUDevice](SDL_DestroyGPUDevice)
- [SDL_GPUSupportsProperties](SDL_GPUSupportsProperties)

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[CategoryAPI](CategoryAPI), [CategoryAPIFunction](CategoryAPIFunction), [CategoryGPU](CategoryGPU)