gfxCardStatus Alternatives

gfxCardStatus is described as 'Menu bar application for OS X that allows users of 15" and 17" late 2008 — 2014 MacBook Pros to view which GPU is in use at a glance, and switch between them on-demand' and is an app in the system & hardware category. There are 1 alternatives to gfxCardStatus for Mac. The best gfxCardStatus alternative is gSwitch, which is both free and Open Source.

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    gSwitch

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    gSwitch lets you set which graphics card your MacBook Pro can use, mainly to prevent it from using the discrete graphics card when it is simply unnecessary. Why would you want to do that you ask? Well the discrete graphics card uses significantly more power than the integrated...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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