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# MTLCounterSampleBufferError

The error codes that indicate why a GPU driver can’t create a counter sample buffer.

```
struct MTLCounterSampleBufferError
```

## Topics

### Error code values

[`outOfMemory`](/documentation/Metal/MTLCounterSampleBufferError-swift.struct/outOfMemory)

An error code that indicates the GPU device doesn’t have sufficient memory to create a counter sample buffer.

[`invalid`](/documentation/Metal/MTLCounterSampleBufferError-swift.struct/invalid)

An error code that indicates the descriptor for creating a counter sample buffer descriptor has an invalid property.

[`internal`](/documentation/Metal/MTLCounterSampleBufferError-swift.struct/internal)

An error code that indicates the Metal framework has an internal problem.

[`MTLCounterSampleBufferError.Code`](/documentation/Metal/MTLCounterSampleBufferError-swift.struct/Code)

The underlying error code type that indicates why a GPU driver can’t create a counter sample buffer.

### Error domain

[`errorDomain`](/documentation/Metal/MTLCounterSampleBufferError-swift.struct/errorDomain)

The current counter sample buffer error domain.

[`MTLCounterErrorDomain`](/documentation/Metal/MTLCounterErrorDomain)

The domain for Metal counter sample buffer errors.


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