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RyanSmithAT: This one I'm taking kind of personally.One of the greatest things about the IntelliMouse Optical was that buttons… RyanSmithAT: I'm right there with you.gavbon86: You also forgot one important point it's annoying AF.In addition, there's support for status detection on the pre-refresh 9400M/9600M GPUs, displaying an i for integrated and d for discrete in that case. Dynamic switching triggered by OS X is still allowed as well. This makes a lot more sense, and essentially now brings the 2010 MacBook Pro graphics subsystem back to parity with the level of control present before the refresh.
#Gfxcardstatus external display update
Update 2:Cody has updated gfxCardStatus to 1.7 which now includes support for locking the graphics subsystem to either the Intel Integrated HD or 330M full time, instead of requiring you to manually switch. We haven't yet run into any drastic problems, but have only tested with basic things like Photoshop CS4 with GPU acceleration disabled (this previously caused a switch to the 330M), X11 under OS X, and a few other simple 3D programs that previously triggered a GPU switch, like Grapher.
#Gfxcardstatus external display manual
Nothing has really changed though aside from some tweaks mentioning that manual switching is obviously highly experimental, and removal of the dependent processes tab when Intel HD graphics is in use. Update: The developer is fast, and has updated gfxCardStatus to 1.6.1 minutes after we posted the story. Hit up the link and give it a shot if you're feeling adventuresome. We're still playing around with it, but thus far everything appears to work perfectly, and we're switching from the GT 330M back to Intel HD graphics dynamically without any major issue. At the same time, if you're using a multiple monitor setup, you're also likely at a desk, and thus don't need the power savings. Use of an external display is only possible through the GT 330M due to physical connector restrictions. The only exception to this (thus far) unrestricted ability to use Intel HD graphics in favor of the GT 330M is when an external display is connected. In the application, you can see which process(es) were responsible for the change to discrete graphics, and optionally switch GPUs.
I'm sorry.Grapher - Previously GT 330M only, now on integrated Intel HD graphics
Having said all of that, I wouldn't expect this to be fixed any time soon (or maybe ever), unless someone else decides to track this down and contribute a fix. I'd really like to avoid getting into the business of doing OS update-specific fixes to work around what seem to be semi-frequent changes to the muxing driver.
#Gfxcardstatus external display driver
Unless you're using Integrated Only mode for the purpose of keeping your machine alive until you can get it replaced or fixed, I'd really recommend against using it at all.Īdditionally, given that this didn't seem to occur on older versions of OS X, but now does, that would seem to indicate that something about the GPU muxing driver has changed, which could be difficult to work around. As OS X has evolved, and app developers have become more aware of the perils of developing for dual GPU MacBook Pros, using Integrated Only mode has become less and less necessary. For quite a while, I've been suggesting that gfxCardStatus be used exclusively in Dynamic Switching to obtain information about which apps, if any, are causing your discrete GPU to turn on unexpectedly.
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