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Status: Duplicate
Merged: issue 754208
Owner: ----
Closed: Aug 2017
Cc:
█ kavvaru@chromium.org
ccameron@chromium.org
zmo@chromium.org
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OS: Mac
Pri: 2
Type: Bug-Regression



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Discrete graphics forced by default on Late 2011 MacBook Pro

Reported by wewega...@gmail.com, Aug 1 2017 
UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_10_5) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/59.0.3071.86 Safari/537.36

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. Open Chrome.
2. Use gfxCardStatus tool to see that discrete graphics are used by default.

What is the expected behavior?
Previously, integrated graphics would be used by default unless a web page specifically demanded it.

What went wrong?
Discrete graphics are used by default (even when no web pages are open) causing heavy battery drain.

Did this work before? Yes 59.0.3071.86

Chrome version: 60.0.3112.78  Channel: stable
OS Version: OS X 10.10.5
Flash Version:

Comment 1 by kavvaru@chromium.org, Aug 1 2017

Cc: kavvaru@chromium.org
Components: Internals>GPU
Labels: TE-NeedsTriageFromMTV
wewegamak@ Thanks for the issue.

Unable to reproduce the issue on Mac 10.12.6 using chrome stable 60.0.3112.78.Not observed any discrete graphics in chrome.

Adding TE-NeedsTriageFromMTV

Mtv@ Could you please check this issue from your end if you have the Mac 10.10.5.

Thanks,

Comment 2 by kbr@chromium.org, Aug 1 2017

Cc: zmo@chromium.org ccameron@chromium.org
Please provide about:gpu from the system.

This is probably expected. Chromium blacklisted the use of the Intel HD 3000 GPU some time ago due to instability, and this is probably one of the dual Intel/AMD MacBook Pros.

Comment 3 by wewega...@gmail.com, Aug 1 2017 

I have attached the about:gpu page from Chrome 59.0.3071.86 (the version that works).

This is indeed a dual Intel/AMD graphics MacBook Pro.  I was aware that there were issues with Intel HD 3000, but was wondering why it was disabled altogether for Chrome 60.0.3112.78.  Is there a way to still use the integrated graphics especially since it does not tax the battery as much?
gpu.html
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Comment 4 by deadba...@gmail.com, Aug 20 2017 

Having the same issue here. 

Late 2011 MacBook 17 w/Intel HD 3000 & AMD Radeon HD6750M.

Current work-around is to launch with the terminal using --force_discrete_gpu=0 which is a PITA

Comment 5 by ericrk@chromium.org, Aug 24 2017

Mergedinto: 754208
Status: Duplicate (was: Unconfirmed)
This seems like the same issue as  crbug.com/754208 . We should blacklist GPU for HD3000, regardless of whether it's the primary GPU.
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