diff --git a/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/VoxyClient.java b/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/VoxyClient.java
index c2ad1803..aa070675 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/VoxyClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/VoxyClient.java
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ public class VoxyClient implements ClientModInitializer {
                 BudgetBufferRenderer.init();
 
                 VoxyCommon.setInstanceFactory(VoxyClientInstance::new);
+
+                if (!Capabilities.INSTANCE.subgroup) {
+                    Logger.warn("GPU does not support subgroup operations, expect some performance degradation");
+                }
+
             } else {
                 Logger.error("Voxy is unsupported on your system.");
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/core/gl/Capabilities.java b/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/core/gl/Capabilities.java
index 95e3b8a0..9b6e9584 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/core/gl/Capabilities.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/core/gl/Capabilities.java
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@ public class Capabilities {
     public final boolean compute;
     public final boolean indirectParameters;
     public final boolean isIntel;
+    public final boolean subgroup;
 
     public Capabilities() {
         var cap = GL.getCapabilities();
         this.compute = cap.glDispatchComputeIndirect != 0;
+        this.subgroup = cap.GL_KHR_shader_subgroup;
         this.indirectParameters = cap.glMultiDrawElementsIndirectCountARB != 0;
         this.repFragTest = cap.GL_NV_representative_fragment_test;
         this.meshShaders = cap.GL_NV_mesh_shader;