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Same here, it would appear Apple is a bit too aggressive with it's power management and it's confusing the living daylights out of the ATI driver when it's on a

by Maci 16y ago

Same here, it would appear Apple is a bit too aggressive with it's power management and it's confusing the living daylights out of the ATI driver when it's on automatic. Switching manually works a treat sofar... http://codykrieger.com/gfxCardStatus/ http://codykrieger.com/gfxCardStatus/

nikster 16y ago
Good to know, thanks. I'd only ever run it in manual mode anyway. How is the computer supposed to know whether power or speed is more important at any given time?
- Maci 16y ago
  It doesn't really, anything using OpenGL / CoreGraphics triggers discrete graphics.
  - bcrawford 16y ago
    Even silly things like the mail client Sparrow. I had to use gfxCardStatus to get anything more than 2-3hrs of battery life because my mail client is trying to get "fancy" on me.
bluekeybox 16y ago
Oh, the legendary ATI drivers.