System Requirements Imaris 9

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Please Note: Windows 7 and 8 are not any more 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.

Platform Windows

MS Windows 10 x64

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 is required.

Minimum System Requirements (for evaluation with small datasets only)

Windows 10 x64
RAM: 8 GB
3 GHz CPU (Intel or AMD) dual core with 64 bit support
Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 250 2 GB
Monitor: single 1280 x 1024 pixels up to dual 1920 x 1200, not 4K
Mouse: 3 button wheel

Recommended System

Windows 10 x64
RAM: 16-32 GB
3.3 GHz CPU (Intel) 4 Core
Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 480 4 GB
Multiple Fast Hard Disks or SSDs
Monitor: single 1280 x 1024 pixels up to dual 1920 x 1200, not 4K
Mouse: 3 button wheel

High End System

Windows 8.1 x64 / Windows 10 x64
RAM: 64-256 GB
3.7 GHz CPUs (Intel) total 8 core
Graphics: AMD RadeonRX 480 8 GB or NVIDIA Quadro P4000 8 GB
Multiple PCIe SSDs
Monitor: single 1280 x 1024 pixels up to dual 1920 x 1200, not 4K
Mouse: 3 button wheel

Platform MAC

Mac OS X 10.9 - 10.13

Minimum System Requirements (for evaluation with small datasets only)

OS: OS X 10.9 - 10.13
CPU: Intel with 2 GHz, 2 core
RAM: Minimum 8 GB
Graphics: nVidia GeForce GT 650M 1024MB (slow triangle rendering) or Intel HD 4000 graphics or later (OSX only!!)
Monitor: single 1440 x 900 pixels up to dual 1920 x 1080 (scaled), not 4K
Mouse: 3 buttons

Recommended System

OS: OS X 10.9 - 10.13
CPU: Intel with more than 3 GHz, 4 core
RAM: 32-64 GB
Graphics: nVidia GeForce GT 755M 2 GB (slow triangle rendering)
Monitor: single 1440 x 900 pixels up to dual 1920 x 1080 (scaled), not 4K
Mouse: 3 buttons

High End System

OS: OS X 10.9 - 10.13
CPU: Intel with 3,5 GHz, 6 core
RAM: 64-256 GB
Graphics: AMD FirePro D700 6 GB
Multiple Fast Hard Disks or SSDs
Monitor: single 1440 x 900 pixels up to dual 1920 x 1080 (scaled), not 4K
Mouse: 3 buttons

Tested Graphics Accelerator Boards

Untested 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 recommended for use with Imaris due to performance decrease and system instabilities.

Imaris does not need support for GPGPU (CUDA, OpenCL, OpenACC, Stream...).

In general the AMD Radeon gaming/consumer boards provide the best value (low price, high performance), and then we find AMD FirePro are slightly less expensive, and slightly faster than the Nvidia Quadro boards. Finally, if there are no other options, the Nvidia Geforce Boards work, but have slower graphics. The professional boards are recommended only when stereo displays will be attached. 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.

AMD (ATI) Game Boards

AMD RADEON RX Vega56
AMD RADEON RX 480
AMD RADEON R9 Fury
AMD RADEON R9 390(X)
AMD RADEON R9 290(X)
AMD RADEON R9 280(X)
AMD RADEON R7 250
AMD RADEON HD 7970
AMD RADEON HD 7950
AMD RADEON HD 7670M
AMD RADEON HD 6970
AMD RADEON HD 5870
AMD RADEON HD 5850
AMD RADEON HD 5670

Professional AMD (ATI) boards

AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100
AMD FirePro W9100
AMD FirePro W8100
AMD FirePro D700
AMD FirePro W7000
AMD FirePro W5000
AMD FirePro V7900

Professional Nvidia Boards

NVIDIA Quadro P4000
NVIDIA Quadro P600
NVIDIA Quadro M4000
NVIDIA Quadro M2000M
NVIDIA Quadro K5200
NVIDIA Quadro K4200
NVIDIA Quadro K2200
NVIIDA Quadro K3100M
NVIDIA Quadro K2100M
NVIDIA Quadro K6000
NVIDIA Quadro K5000(M)
NVIDIA Quadro K4000
NVIDIA Quadro K3000M
NVIDIA Quadro K2000
NVIDIA Quadro 3000M

Nvidia Game Boards

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
NVIDIA GeForce GT750M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
NVIDIA GeForce GT650M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 330M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Not working (not exhaustive list):

NVIDIA GT335M in combination with INTEL HD
NVIDIA GeForce 4 series
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
NVIDIA GeForce 8500
NVIDIA Quadro NVS all series
NVIDIA TESLA all series

AMD FirePro W7100
ATI RADEON series with no character before the number e.g. ATI RADEON 9500, ATI RADEON 8500 ..
ATI Fire GL V5100 and older
ATI Fire GL X series
ATI RADEON HD 5970

Intel on board graphics ALL
Matrox all series
Diamond Fire GL all series

If a graphics board is not listed here it does not mean that it works but it means Bitplane does not know.

Multi Core/Processor Support

Imaris has extended support for multi core/processor machines since 6.2.0. Most image processing functions are multithreaded. Tests are done with up to 8 cores where Imaris still scales nicely. ImarisBatch scales even better because each job runs in its own 'Imaris'.

Matlab for XTensions

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 07-February-2019

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