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Please contact Bitplane Support for help in choosing the appropriate hardware.
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.
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. With all configurations, using a 4K or larger monitor at full resolution will reduce live interaction FPS.
Minimum System Requirements (for evaluation with small datasets only)
Recommended System
High End System
If you are using Windows 10 Build 1903 and newer, you can use Imaris in Windows Remote Desktop session (RDP) if you have an nVidia Quadro card of at least the M-Series. Remote Desktop session with AMD cards of any series (Radeon, RadeonPro or FirePro) will also work with the Windows build 1903 and newer. The oldest AMD card we have tested successfully in with RDP is a FirePro V7900 (released in 2011).
nVidias Geforce and Titan cards do not support OpenGL acceleration in any Windows version (Info March 2020). There is no know way (not even with ‘gpedit’) to make this work.
If you are using earlier Windows 10 build (180x and earlier) or Windows 7/8 or 8.1, the only way to get Imaris working in RDP sessions is to use an nVidia Quadro M-Series or newer (e.g. M4000, P4000,...). The Quadro card driver supports OpenGL independent of the Windows version.
If your system configuration of Windows and graphics card does not support OpenGL acceleration, you can try if another remote desktop solution, like TeamViewer, Anydesk or the like, will work for you. Please, consult your IT department before installing one of these other remote desktop solutions as there might be network restrictions in place, that prevent these tools from working properly.
Please note Mac OS does not include OpenGL 4.0+ drivers, so some rendering modes in Imaris will be disabled. With all configurations, using a 4K or 5K monitor at full resolution will reduce live interaction FPS
Minimum System Requirements (for evaluation with small datasets only)
Recommended System
High End System
Imaris Preferences will show the user the supported GPU processing mode: CUDA or OpenCL. Up-to-date graphics card drivers are required for GPU-accelerated deconvolution.
NVIDIA cards with driver 411.31 or later will use CUDA for the processing. All AMD cards and NVIDIA cards running older drivers will use OpenCL.
Macs running MacOS 10.14 will use OpenCL despite the presence of an NVIDIA card as there is not yet a supported driver for this operating system.
Older machines or graphics cards may not support GPU-accelerated deconvolution. CPU deconvolution will be used instead.
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.
Imaris ClearView supports CUDA and OpenCL beside CPU based processing. It shows best performance on CUDA. CUDA needs an NVIDIA driver of version 411.31 (date 2018.9.27) or later. CUDA does not work on macOS 10.14 since Apple does not support it.
For visualisation 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.
Tested in-house as working:
Other variants of the same series might work as well.
AMD (ATI) Game Boards
Professional AMD (ATI) boards
Professional Nvidia Boards
Nvidia Game 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 8 cores where Imaris still scales nicely. The ImarisBatch module in Imaris 9.3 now includes the ability to customize the number of concurrent analyses, which allows for further optimization of multi-threaded performance.
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 19-Dec-2019
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