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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.
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.
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
Imaris will not work at all on AMD dual GPU machines.
M1 SoC using computers are supported via Rosetta with good performance.
There is no GPU accelerated machine learning in Labkit but there is GPU accelerated deconvolution in ClearView available on Mac.
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
For ClearView Deconvolution NVIDA graphic cards are recommended. AMD cards will not be able to accelerate it, but you can use the CPU instead.
Up-to-date graphics card drivers are required for GPU-accelerated deconvolution.
On Apple M1 SoCs the performance is good.
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, CPU based processing and OpenCL (OpenCL on macOS only). It shows best performance on CUDA. CUDA needs an NVIDIA driver of version 411.31 (date 2018.9.27) or later. CUDA is not available on macOS but OpenCL is used instead.
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 12 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 26-April-2023
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