GPUs and RDP
Good graphics cards are essential for good 3D rendering performance. Our system hardware recommendation article goes into more details on this topic, but for now, we'll keep it simple and say that Vision4D needs at least OpenGL 4.3 support or higher to display data in the 4D viewer.
RDP allows users to remotely access the computing resources of a machine other than the one they are physically in contact with. However, using RDP is in many ways significantly different from directly accessing the machine. One of these differences is how the graphics card uses its resources. Historically, using GPUs over RDP has required professional cards with specific drivers, and this is still a good guideline as server cards are generally tuned for multiple concurrent usage and use with RDP. Gaming cards, which are usually significantly cheaper, have historically not provided good support for use with RDP. However, recent driver updates from NVIDIA have significantly improved the compatibility of their GPUs with RDP.
The following configurations have been tested internally and confirmed to work:
|
System |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
|
Graphics Card |
GeForce RTX2080Ti |
GeForce GTX1080 |
GeForce GTX970 |
GeForce GTX1080Ti |
GeForce GTX1080 |
GeForce GTX1080Ti |
|
Windows Version |
20H2 |
2004 |
2004 |
20H2 |
1909 |
2004 |
|
Driver Version |
456.71 |
456.71 |
452.06 |
461.09 |
451.67 |
451.67 |
These systems have been tested using access from a variety of clients, including Mac and Linux clients.