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> It is also temporarily disabled under certain conditions: > [...] > When your device is not plugged into a charger. This is controlled by Prefs > Advanced >
by runeks 8y ago
> It is also temporarily disabled under certain conditions:
> [...]
> When your device is not plugged into a charger. This is controlled by Prefs > Advanced > Disable Metal renderer when not connected to power.
Why is the GPU renderer, by default, disabled unless plugged in? I’d assume the GPU renderer uses less power...
- gepeto42 8y agoCould it be that waking up the discrete GPU, on laptops that in some cases disable it by default on battery power, takes more juice than rendering in software on the CPU? Though I wonder how many MBPs in circulation have the dual-GPU configuration...