<div dir="ltr">Keith,<div><br></div><div>There's no easy answer for this, I am afraid. It depends on the type of data and kind of processing you intend to do. A few things to note:</div><div><br></div><div>1. most data processing is done on CPU.</div><div>2. rendering, including rendering of image volumes using volume rendering techniques as well as surface/polygonal rendering uses GPU.</div><div><br></div><div>What is the type of data or kinds of processing you plan to do? Maybe that can help weigh the scale in direction over the other.</div><div><br></div><div>Utkarsh</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Draghi, Keith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:keith.draghi@yale.edu" target="_blank">keith.draghi@yale.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>I am looking for some recommendations or running Para View on local hardware, specifically geared to 3d rendering. Should I be looking at more GPU vs processor vs memory? </div>
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