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#17 INCH MACBOOK PRO 2011 GRAPHICS CARD ISSUE FREE#
Interestingly, previous - back to 2007 - and subsequent MacBook Pro models instead used Nvidia chipsets for the discrete graphics processor.Ī temporary workaround is to force the computer to switch to the integrated Intel HD 3000 graphics chip using Cody Krieger’s free gfxCardStatus utility, which also shows you which graphics chip is in use at any given time. YouTube user MrWojzilla has made an example video showing severe artifacts on his early 2011 MacBook Pro.Ĭauses and Solutions - The issue seems to be isolated to the AMD Radeon HD graphics chipsets (the 6490M, 6750M, and 6770M) in these MacBook Pro models.
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