gfxCardStatus 1.6 enables 2010 MacBook Pro GPU Switching



If you recall from our 15-inch Core i5 MacBook Pro review, one of our only criticisms was the inability for users to manually change between lower-power integrated Intel HD graphics and the discrete NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M GPU. As it stands, within OS X users can only disable the Intel HD graphics in favor of using the discrete, but more power-hungry GT 330M full-time. Since being tipped in the comments section on one of our MacBook Pro articles, we've been keeping our eyes on a particular utility developed by independent OS X developer Cody Krieger called gfxCardStatus. Until now, this has been a useful tool exclusively for reporting at-a-glance which GPU was in use in the menu bar. But now, there's something more:




Dynamically change GPUs - Now whenever you feel like it


Now, in verison 1.6, users can manually change GPUs on the fly, whenever they so desire.



http://www.anandtech.com/show/3709/g...-gpu-switching