Hi Frank,

We still recommend this since freeview benefits from having a fast GPU.

best

Andrew

From: <freesurfer-bounces@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> on behalf of Frank Robert <frabob2015@gmail.com>
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Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at 10:15 AM
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Subject: [Freesurfer] whether freesurfer version 7 still support GPU

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Hello   Freesurfer team

I checked the freesurfer version 7.0.  It says that "  but for now you should know that some features are not present in v7 (QDEC, GPU-capability, and recon-all -make)."

https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/dev7beta1

But from the hardware setup, it still needs  Graphics card: 3D graphics card with its own graphics memory & accelerated OpenGL drivers.     

This makes me confused.    Since version 7 does not support GPU anymore, why does it still need the Graphic card?  I found GPU may be helpful for some abnormal brain such as large ventricles. It may speed the calculation time.   I do not know my observation is correct or not.  

Thanks

Frank