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Unable to fully disable AMD dGPU (R9 M370X) on MacBookPro11,5 using OpenCore Sequoia 15.7.1

Nismo350z

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Hi everyone,

I have a MacBook Pro 15" Mid-2015 (MacBookPro11,5) with AMD Radeon R9 M370X and Intel Iris Pro.
I’m trying to completely disable the AMD GPU and use only the Intel one.
My GPU gives me wrong colors and flickering on integrated no problem.

System info
  • Model: MacBookPro11,5
    CPU: Intel Core i7 2.5 GHz (Haswell)
    iGPU: Intel Iris Pro 5200
    dGPU: AMD Radeon R9 M370X (2 GB)
    RAM: 16 GB
    macOS: Sequoia 15.7.1 (OpenCore Legacy Patcher 2.3.2)

What I did



Added boot argument:
Code:
-wegnoegpu
(checked in OpenCore Configurator → NVRAM → boot-args)

Ran:
Code:
sudo pmset -a gpuswitch 0

Tried creating a LaunchDaemon (com.intelonly.gpu.plist) to force iGPU only at startup.

Reset NVRAM and SMC.

Re-installed OCLP post-install root patches.

Problem

Even after that, both GPUs still show up:

Code:
system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType

Code:
Intel Iris Pro:
Type: GPU
Bus: Built-In
VRAM (Dynamic, Max): 1536 MB
Automatic Graphics Switching: Supported

AMD Radeon R9 M370X:
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
VRAM (Total): 2 GB
Automatic Graphics Switching: Supported
 

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