Using dGPU instead of iGPU (macOS sees both of them) [HELP]

Using dGPU instead of iGPU (macOS sees both of them) [HELP]

Hello everyone,

I have a Sandy Bridge CPU with Nvidia GT550M as the GPU, I'm using macOS 12 Monterey.

I firstly disabled my dGPU by using the "-wegnoegpu" boot argument in my config.plist, then installed macOS using only the iGPU (Intel HD Graphics 30000).

After the installation, i installed OCLP and installed drivers for my iGPU while my dGPU is still de-activated. After that, i wanted to be able to use my dGPU and used Dortania's Post-Install guide to activate my dGPU and remove the "wegnoegpu" boot argument.

macOS (12) succesfully booted after that, and OCLP saw all the needed drivers for my dGPU and i installed them. The problem is, i can't use my dGPU even though my macOS installation sees it (my SMBIOS is for MacBookPro11,5, could this be the problem?). Also there's no option to use dGPU in battery section.

About This Mac (system still uses the iGPU)

System Information Page (iGPU)

System Information Page (dGPU)

Battery options page (no option for dGPU)

submitted by /u/Sarpmanon
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