2928 Cody Krieger's gfxCardStatus is an open-source menu bar application that keeps track of which graphics card your 2010 MacBook Pro is using at any given time, and allows you to switch between them manually.

Features:
• Simple, clean "i" and "n" icons that signify Intel HD Graphics, and NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M graphics, respectively
• Automatically updates when the GPU switches, in real time
• Allows you to manually switch GPUs on demand!
Dependent process list - see which applications are currently using the 330M, if it's the active GPU!
• Growl support - so you know right when the GPU switches
• Tiny footprint - doesn't sit in your menu bar and hog RAM or CPU cycles
• Automatic application updating - checks for, downloads and installs new versions of gfxCardStatus automatically

New in version 1.7:
• Added untested support for 9400M/9600M status detection...icons are still "i" and "n," but they will be "i" for integrated and "d" for discrete in the near future
• Added support for locking the system on a particular GPU
• General performance enhancements
• Eliminated much of the delay involved in listing dependent processes

Note: only for 2010 MacBook Pros with Intel Core i5/i7 processors and the NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M GPU.

For more information, visit:
http://codykrieger.com/gfxCardStatus/

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