#Gfxcardstatus el capitan for free#
GfxCardStatus 1.6.1 is available for free and requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later and an Intel-based Mac to install and run. This may be convenient for some users however, it is still an experimental feature so try or use it with caution. The screen will go blue and then black, but will then reappear and the secondary GPU will be used. Updated that El Capitan as recommended by Apple - Went smoothly.
#Gfxcardstatus el capitan pro#
In addition to notifications and alerts, gfxCardStatus will list any processes that are using the current graphics processor, and allow you to manually switch the active GPUs on the system.ĭespite this, the program does offer a unique advantage to users of the older MacBook Pro models, in that the GPU switching feature does allow for you to switch GPUs without logging out and closing down your applications. I installed a new hard drive an booted to a USB drive with El Capitan Installer - Installed perfectly. If you have the Growl notification system installed, gfxCardStatus will inform you in real-time whenever the graphics processor is changed. gfxCardStatus is an open-source menu bar application that keeps track of which graphics card your 2010 MacBook Pro is using at any given time, and allows you to switch between them manually. When the system’s computing demands change and the GPU is switched, the utility shows the switches in real-time, either by displaying an “n” (GeForce 330M) or a “i” (Intel HD) in the menu. Per CNET, Cody Krieger’s gfxCardStatus is a small shareware application that displays which graphics card is the active one. but it's like it can't see the nVidia hardware if the guest OS isn't booted with it running.Although Apple’s current MacBook Pro notebooks allow you to switch between graphics processing units in order to optimize performance and battery life, Apple doesn’t really provide an easy way to manage the different GPUs on the system, and if you like to tinker you may find the utility gfxCardStatus useful, both for newer and older machines. So the VM can handle the actual switching events between graphics hardware just fine. switching back and forth between nVidia and Intel gives repeatable expected results. it is able to make use of the hardware switch. Editor: gfxCardStatus is an open-source menu bar application that keeps track of which graphics card your 2010 (and now 2009) MacBook Pro is using at any given. under this scenario (booted with nVidia), the VM behaves how I would expect. switching to Intel graphics makes performance drop (framerates around 30~40). En poursuivant votre navigation sur ce site, vous acceptez lutilisation de cookies pour vous proposer des services et offres adaptés à vos centres dintéréts. Gfxcardstatus V2.0.1However, if I boot the XP VM with nVidia graphics, I get excellent performance under nVidia hardware (game framerate is >100). within that same boot of the VM, if I switch my graphics hardware through the host OS (with gfxCardStatus) to nVidia, I still see poor results. I'm not sure if this is a problem with gfxCardStatus v1.8.1 (a small OS X program used to switch between graphics hardwares) or Virtualbox necessarily, but when I boot the VM using Intel graphics, and load up an old game inside WinXP, I get very poor frame rates. In case you're unfamiliar, Apple made these laptops with ability to switch between integrated Intel graphics or the onboard nVidia graphics hardware. depending on whether I boot the VM using Intel graphics, or nVidia graphics (using a 2010 MBP). And it’s sort of fun to watch OS X’s menubar battery indicator increase its charge and time estimates when my MacBook Pro settles into integrated graphics.I am seeing different performance results when running a WinXP SP3 VM inside a Mac OS 10.6.5 host. The battery gains from using only integrated graphics depend on which applications you use, but I estimate I get about 20 percent longer battery life on my MacBook Pro by closing dependent apps when working off battery power.
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