I did some more research into it, and it's better in every single way.Ģ. Get the right version of gfxCardStatus (I've uploaded one for anyone that wants it - it's at )ģ.
#Mid 2012 retina gfxcardstatus install#
Format a thumb drive then use unetbootin to make the thumb drive (if it doesn't work google "ubuntu thumb drive install mac" and follow the instructions)ĥ. Make another OS X partition at the end of your disk if you want an OS X recovery partition (they can only be immediately after an OS X partition)Ħ. Install GRUB (using standard install, and onto the same partition as Ubuntu) and rEFInd, and boot the EFI version of GRUB using rEFIndħ. Boot into OS X after installing Ubuntu and use gfxCardStatus to switch to your integrated card, then reboot into Ubuntu and run Intel Linux Graphics installer - that's all it really took for me to get integrated graphics :)Ĩ. Battery life is still okay at best - 4hrs or so. I'm working on some (not-yet-stable) tweaks that get it up to 8hrs with lower battery lifeĩ.
#Mid 2012 retina gfxcardstatus pro#
Nvidia 750m (And Other Stories) technology If you want BootCamp / Windows installed, it's much more complex.Late 2013 15" Macbook Pro: Intel Iris Pro 5200 vs. I recently got a high-end 15” Macbook Pro. The 13” model I was using before had served me with faith and dignity over the years, but as my appetite for high-performance apps increased, the poor guy just couldn’t keep up like it used to. In the past, I would have only considered upgrading to another 13” laptop, but a lot has changed over the years. A 15” device just didn’t seem like the back-breaking monster it used to be. The other big factor in my decision was graphics performance. Among all the Macbooks currently available, the high-end 15” Macbook Pro is the only one with a discrete graphics chip still inside.
You get access to an integrated Intel Iris Pro 5200 for everyday use, but the OS can also switch you over to a powerful Nvidia 750m when the polygons have to fly.Īt first, I naturally assumed that the 750m would kick the 5200’s butt this was a separate ~40w component, after all. But as I started to dig through forum posts and benchmarks for my research, I discovered that while the Iris Pro usually lagged behind the 750m by 15%-50%, there were a few recorded instances where it matched or even surpassed the Nvidia chip! Some people blamed this on drivers, others on architecture. How does the Iris Pro 5200 compare to the 750m?.How good is the maximum graphics performance of this machine?.There were a couple of specific questions I was looking to answer during my testing: Were the numbers even accurate? I wanted to find out for myself.
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