Editor: gfxCardStatus is an open-source menu bar application that keeps track of which graphics card your 2010 (and now 2009!) 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!
Note: only for 2010 MacBook Pros with Intel® Core i5/i7 processors and the NVIDIA® GeForce GT 330M GPU. Experimental support for 2009 MacBook Pros with the 9400/9600 GPUs is also currently available.