r/mac • u/siddharth_mt MBP M5 Pro, MBA M4 • 1d ago

Discussion "More space" display scaling = high GPU usage?

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u/schrodinger-the-cat 1d ago

Technically? Yes.
Will it have a noticeable impact on M5P? Probably not.

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u/ulyssesric 1d ago

Technically yes. Turning on scaling will increase both GPU and memory usage. Though this should not cause too much impact unless you have very low spec machine or OCLP on very, very, very old computer.

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u/hedep 1d ago

I have a non integer scaling monitor and M1 16g Mac Mini and the gpu usage is negligible. You'll be fine.

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u/rampancy 20h ago

Much like the concerns some of us (including me) had a long time ago about the impact of large high resolution desktop backgrounds on memory usage, yes. It is going to incur higher GPU resources. But if you have a Mac powerful enough to run Golden Gate, I'm pretty sure the impact will negligible at worst.

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u/_stuffgj_ 1d ago

It’s probably something like the JEI mod in Minecraft. Sure, it renders more, but it’s not that bad

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u/animorphreligion 1d ago

Shouldn't affect anything much aside from native games. But yes, it renders more pixels