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Please Note
Windows 7 and 8 are no longer supported due to problems with graphic board drivers. If you still need old Windows versions, please use only cards and drivers from 2015 and earlier.
Machine learning uses CPU only with high performance and scales nicely with many cores. Tested are up to 32 cores (64 threads hyperthreading).
Server versions are not supported but if you use them on your own risk, please note that due to the multi-user capability of the included terminal server an Imaris Floating License Manager is required.
Minimum System Requirements (for evaluation with small datasets only)
Recommended System
High End System
Imaris will not work at all on AMD dual GPU machines.
There is GPU accelerated deconvolution in ClearView available on MacOS.
With all configurations, using a 4K or larger monitor at full resolution will reduce live interaction FPS.
Apple silicon (M chips) is natively supported (Imaris 10.2 and higher). Intel version available as well
Minimum System Requirements (for evaluation with small datasets only)
Recommended System
High End System
NVIDIA graphics cards are recommended for ClearView Deconvolution, AMD graphics cards also accelerate. Without graphics card support, only the CPU can be used, which reduces performance.
Up-to-date graphics card drivers are required for GPU-accelerated deconvolution.
On Mac with AMD cards or ‘Apple silicon (M chips)’ GPU acceleration is used.
Incompatible graphics boards often cause instability and lead to decreased Imaris performance. It is recommended to install and use the latest drivers specified on website(s) of the graphic board's vendor(s).
Multi-GPU solutions for graphics boards (SLI and Crossfire) are NOT supported.
The Nvidia Geforce Boards work but have slower graphics. The professional Nvidia boards are recommended for remote access. If you go for a high-end graphic board (no matter gaming or professional) please be sure your machine has a strong enough power supply and it fits physically into the case.
Newer boards are shown on top of each list.
Tested in-house as working:
Other variants of the same series might work as well.
Professional Nvidia Boards
Nvidia Game Boards
Professional AMD (on Mac Only) Boards
Not working (not exhaustive list):
If a graphics board is not listed here it does not mean that it works but it means Bitplane does not know.
Imaris has been expanding support for multi core/processor machines since version 6.2.0. Currently, most image processing functions are multithreaded. Tests are done with up to 32 cores where Imaris still scales nicely.
The Matlab XTensions (plugins) installed by default with Imaris only need Matlab and no additional Matlab Toolboxes. This XTensions are available as compiled (.exe) and not compiled (.m-file) versions. To run the compiled version a free Matlab Runtime is sufficient.
For the XTensions made available by the Imaris community on open.bitplane.com please check the prerequisites in the description of the XTension.
Status at 15-Aug-2024
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