Hello Everyone,
I am in the process of purchasing a new desktop. Since, I am working in the field of Solar Physics, I have to visualize magnetic field lines and their evolution on a daily basis. I am not able to decide the GPU requirements for VAPOR. Should I go for integrated graphic card such as Intel UHD 360/Intel Iris Xe or a dedicated external graphic card such as that of NVIDIA/AMD? I request your kind help and support for this query.
For a desktop I’d recommend getting a dedicated graphics card. However, integrated cards have come a long way in the last 10 years. If your motherboard has one, you could try it and see if it suits your needs, then upgrade to a dedicated graphics card if things are running too slow. Hope that helps.
I’d suggest an Nvidia card. There are algorithms that won’t fully execute if VAPOR detects that you’re using an Intel graphics card. Between Nvidia and AMD, it’s simply because that as developers we don’t test on AMD cards frequently, so you’ll have better chance running into bugs with AMD cards. Finally, you don’t necessarily need a professional grade GPU (e.g. Quadro or Tesla lines). A decent gaming GPU (e.g., GeForce line) would be good enough.
Hi,
My sincere thanks for all the replies. It has helped me to make a final decision.
@sam and @stasj - I just wanted to note that my windows machine with intel graphics does default to the curvilinear volume renderer with WRF/Katrina data, and seem to work fine.
I’m not sure what systems we support regarding graphics cards, but I’ve been able to use Intel/AMD/Nvidia equivalently in roughly the past year.