On Mar 29, 2011, at 11:36 PM, Nick Zitzmann wrote:
>
> On Mar 29, 2011, at 3:16 PM, Jason Harris wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Some users are complaining that my application (MacHg) is causing their
>> MacBooks to switch from using the integrated Intel (lower power) card to the
>> NVIDIA (higher power) graphics card.
>>
>> Eg some related articles I dug up:
>> http://appletoolbox.com/2010/05/macbook-pro-mid-2010-graphics-switching-which-apps-trigger-how-to-monitor/
>> http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/cocoa/293116-i5-i7-auto-graphics-switching.html
>> http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3207
>>
>> However, my application doesn't appear on the surface to make heavy use of
>> graphics. (It does make heavy use of GCD though). Is there a general cause
>> for this switching of the graphics card?.
>
> There are a few of them I know about:
> 1. Your application starts CoreAnimation by calling -setWantsLayer: on a view
> with a layer, or adding a layer in IB
Ahhh... yes I use core animation, but just very very lightly... some simple
static stuff like:
CIColor* black = [CIColor colorWithRed: 0.0/255.0 green: 0.0/255.0
blue: 0.0/255.0 alpha:1.0];
CIColor* color0 = [CIColor colorWithRed: 77.0/255.0 green: 78.0/255.0
blue: 87.0/255.0 alpha:0.8];
CIColor* color1 = [CIColor colorWithRed: 39.0/255.0 green: 40.0/255.0
blue: 52.0/255.0 alpha:0.5];
CIVector* center = [self recomputePosition];
NSNumber* radius = radius_ ? radius_ : [NSNumber numberWithFloat:450.0];
CIFilter* gradiantFilter = [CIFilter
filterWithName:@"CIGaussianGradient"];
[gradiantFilter setValue:color0 forKey:@"inputColor0"];
[gradiantFilter setValue:color1 forKey:@"inputColor1"];
[gradiantFilter setValue:center forKey:@"inputCenter"];
[gradiantFilter setValue:radius forKey:@"inputRadius"];
CIFilter* constantFilter = [CIFilter
filterWithName:@"CIConstantColorGenerator"];
[constantFilter setValue:black forKey:@"inputColor"];
foregroundFilters_ = [NSArray arrayWithObject:gradiantFilter];
backgroundFilters_ = [NSArray arrayWithObject:constantFilter];
[[self layer] setFilters: foregroundFilters_];
[[self layer] setBackgroundFilters:backgroundFilters_];
Not much more... Ohh well at least I know where its coming from then!
Thanks!
Jas
> 2. Your application initializes an NSOpenGLView using a pixel format that
> works best using the discrete GPU
> 3. Your application initializes a QTCaptureView, QTMovieView, or QCView
> 4. The user plugged in an external display (external displays must use the
> discrete GPU)
>
> There might be more, but those are the ones I know about.
>
>> How can I find out when such a switch occurs in my code and for what
>> reasons?
>
> If you have a dual-GPU Mac, then try breaking on IOServiceOpen and look at
> the stack trace when it breaks. If you don't, then you can't.
>
> Nick Zitzmann
> <http://www.chronosnet.com/>
>
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