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csteinle
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‎09-11-2015 04:01 AM

Graphics Card Switching with Win10 and Fusion 8

Just bought Fusion 8 and running with a windows 10 installation. I have a mid 2015 15" Mac Book Pro, and can't see any way of not running with discrete graphics all the time. The product page seems to suggest this is possible - Run Windows on a Mac: VMware FUsion Features | United States - but I'm not seeing the battery life options shown on this page. What do I need to do to make it switch as appropriate?

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RickShu
VMware Employee
VMware Employee
‎09-13-2015 08:22 PM

This is actually a known issue (Graphic card of MBP mid 2015 is not in support list) for Fusion 8 and should be fixed in next patch release.

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csteinle
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‎09-14-2015 01:48 AM

Good to know I'm not doing anything wrong and that a fix is coming.

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csteinle
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‎09-30-2015 06:21 AM

Not fixed in 8.0.1. Is there any timescale for this?

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csteinle
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‎10-30-2015 04:42 AM

So, this is *kind of* fixed in 8.0.2 for me. The option is now available, but my Mac remains solidly in discrete graphics when running my Win10 bootcamp VM if I use the "Use High Performance Graphics for 3D applications only". The only way to use integrated is to disable the use of discrete at all.

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