gfxCardStatus is a 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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
gSwitch Alternatives
gSwitch is described as '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' and is an app. There are 1 alternatives to gSwitch for Mac. The best gSwitch alternative is gfxCardStatus, which is both free and Open Source.