Re: X11 forcing GPU switching?
Re: X11 forcing GPU switching?
- Subject: Re: X11 forcing GPU switching?
- From: Jeremy Huddleston <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:14:17 -0700
Weird. Nothing on our end knows anything about GPU switching. That is at a lower level that we deal with. My guess is that somehow the GLX visual that your application is selecting is tied to one GPU and that by selecting that visual, you are effectively choosing that GPU ...
Can you please file a bug report at http://bugreport.apple.com
Thanks,
Jeremy
On May 29, 2010, at 21:28, Andrew Farmer wrote:
> After a bit of investigation into lackluster battery life on a new laptop, I've determined that X11 is forcing i5 (and presumably i7) Macbook Pros to switch to the discrete nVidia GPU whenever it's running.
>
> - Do you know why this might be?
>
> - Is it avoidable?
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