Is my Mac Book Pro able to run CLO - 3D fashion design software?

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Hana Chiang Author

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Is my Mac Book Pro able to run CLO - 3D fashion design software?

I am planning to use CLO, a 3d fashion design software. The software company suggests the list below:

MINIMUM

OS: Mac OS X Mavericks

RAM : 8GB

GPU: Graphic card with G3D Mark 2000, 1GB of graphics memory

Hard Drive: 10+ GB disk space available for caching and temporary files

Pointing Device : Three-button mouse

I am having a Mac book pro with 15" screen, mid 2015. The graphic card is Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB.

I am not sure how to find out if my graphic card has "GCD mark 2000". Do I need to upgrade? Any suggestions?

MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.14

Posted on May 16, 2019 7:19 PM

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Answer 1

babowa

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May 16, 2019 8:13 PM in response to Hana Chiang

If you do not have this pane in System Preferences

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202043

then you may have the other mid 2015 Macbook Pro:

So, what is your model ID? Go to Apple > about this Mac > System Report > Model Identifier to see what yours is.

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babowa

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May 17, 2019 8:27 PM in response to Hana Chiang

No, you cannot upgrade the graphics card, sorry.

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Hana Chiang Author

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May 16, 2019 7:51 PM in response to Johnb-one

I don't have the option to disable automatic graphics card... What does that mean? :(

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Johnb-one

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May 16, 2019 7:31 PM in response to Hana Chiang

Sure, Ms. Chiang. Maybe I can help you. According to Apple, your MacBook Pro has 2 graphics cards built in, one with 2 gigs of DD5 memory and one with 128 gigs of Dram (Intel Iris Pro 5200). There should be an application built into your Mac book pro to prefer one video card over the other, in this case the one with 2 gigs of video ram. The max ram you can have on board, and no, you can't upgrade later :-(( is 16 gigs. you might want to get a copy of gfxCardStatus to switch between card. You can also disable automatic graphics switching under "Energy saver" under "system preferences". So, yes, it should be able to run the software you want

John B

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Hana Chiang Author

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May 17, 2019 8:16 PM in response to babowa

I think I found it. It is Mac Book Pro 11.4. It has integrated graphics.

Is there any way to upgrade it?

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Is my Mac Book Pro able to run CLO - 3D fashion design software?

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