Hi Cartik

You use -use-gpu to offload rendering to the GPU using cuda. 

Knut J

> From: Cartik.Sharma@childmind.org
> To: knutjbj@hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Freesurfer] implementation on Neurodebian
> Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:48:10 +0000
> 
> Hi Knut:
> 
> Cool..is this speeding up things by rendering on the GPU.
> Is there a way to offload computation to the GPU.
> 
> Best regards,
> Cartik
> 
> On Oct 20, 2011, at 10:57 AM, Knut J Bjuland wrote:
> 
> > Hi Cartik
> > 
> > If you enable cuda with -use-gpu the recon-all will run faster.
> > 
> > Knut J
> > 
> > Den 17.10.2011 16:41, skrev Cartik Sharma:
> >> Dear Freesurfer developer(s),
> >> 
> >> Is there a way to get Freesurfer run faster on Neurodebian. While the package produces
> >> some truly out of the world segmentations and labels for the cortical surface, it seems
> >> to take time.
> >> 
> >> For eg:
> >> Defect correction and retesellation takes an hour, other steps take longer..I'm not sure if
> >> it's the original dataset, the OS platform (i.e Virtual Machine, Neurodebian) or original
> >> computational engine itself.
> >> 
> >> Would be happy in efforts and hints to make this run faster.
> >> 
> >> Best regards,
> >> Cartik Sharma
> >> 
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