# Listing of known working GPU card and associated datasets
**URL:** https://discourse.slicer.org/t/listing-of-known-working-gpu-card-and-associated-datasets/8009
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 13, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/listing-of-known-working-gpu-card-and-associated-datasets/8009 "2019-08-13T18:09:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/listing-of-known-working-gpu-card-and-associated-datasets/8009/1 "2019-08-13T18:09:50Z")
To help Slicer users understand which graphics card works best for which tasks, I would appreciate if you could comment below with details like:
- Slicer version
- GPU card description (name, memory, …)
- Operating System, CPU, memory
- Image dimension, spacing
- Volume rendering settings
- Screen resolution
Thanks for your inputs,
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### Author:  [@chir.set](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/chir.set)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2019, 8:48am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/listing-of-known-working-gpu-card-and-associated-datasets/8009/2 "2019-08-14T08:48:58Z")
_Slicer version_
latest git home built
_Hosts_
AMD kaveri(1 GB) + AMD Topaz (2 GB)
AMD A10 APU
RAM : 12 GB
AMD RX 480 (8 GB)
AMD Phenom™ II X6 1100T CPU
RAM : 16 GB
AMD Cape Verde Pro (1 GB)
AMD FX-4300
RAM : 8 GB
AMD VEGA 8 (1 GB shared VRAM)
AMD Ryzen 5 - 2500U APU
RAM : 16 GB
AMD VEGA 8 (1 GB shared VRAM) + NVidia (2 GB) (unknown model, mid-level)
AMD Ryzen 5 - 2500U APU
RAM : 8 GB
_Operation system_
Linux x86\_64 on all hosts
_Image dimension_
512 x 512 x [up to ~2200]
Spacing : 0.3 to 2 mm
_Volume rendering settings_
Sum of VRAM available
Quality : normal
VTK GPU raycasting
_Screen resolution_
1440x900, 1920x1080, 2560x1440
_Modules_
amdgpu
NVidia proprietary
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### Author:  [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/listing-of-known-working-gpu-card-and-associated-datasets/8009/3 "2019-08-14T20:57:06Z")
I’ve had good luck lately with windows (nvidia 1080) mac (AMD FirePro D700 6 GB) and linux (nvidia v100 16G) on pretty much any volume I’ve tried at any screen resolution. Also the software fallback rendering on a [docker x11](https://github.com/pieper/SlicerDockers) also works remarkably well.
So maybe the other side of the question is what _doesn’t_ work? Off the top of my head I think maybe some linux drivers, some older Intel GPUs. Any other broad categories?
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### Author:  [@muratmaga](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/muratmaga)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/listing-of-known-working-gpu-card-and-associated-datasets/8009/4 "2019-08-14T21:00:18Z")
I thought a google sheet might be a bit more useful to compile this information in a more structured way.
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### Author:  [@Amine](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Amine)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2019, 9:11pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/listing-of-known-working-gpu-card-and-associated-datasets/8009/5 "2019-08-14T21:11:49Z")
Smooth volume renderings on:
Slicer 4.10 and 4.11
GPU: Nvidia gtx 970 4Gb
CPU: i7 4770s
Memory 16gb
Resolution full hd
Os: win 10
Image dimensions around 512x512×300 (0.89x0.89x1)
Volume rendering settings: Gpu rendering
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### Author:  [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2019, 9:21pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/listing-of-known-working-gpu-card-and-associated-datasets/8009/6 "2019-08-14T21:21:41Z")
> [@muratmaga](#):
>
> I thought a google sheet might be a bit more useful to compile this information in a more structured way.
Great idea. Here is a link to publicly editable spreadsheet: [3D Slicer - Listing of known working GPU card and associated datasets - Google Sheets](http://bit.ly/slicer-working-gpu-and-dataset-specs)
If you already posted the spec, consider adding the info to the document and editing your previous post. Thanks
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### Author:  [@Alex\_Vergara](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Alex_Vergara)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2020, 1:36pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/listing-of-known-working-gpu-card-and-associated-datasets/8009/7 "2020-02-13T13:36:26Z")
Not running on
- Slicer-4.11.0-2020-02-12-linux-amd64
- Linux Ubuntu18.04 x64
- NVidia Driver: 440.48.02
- NVidia card: GeForce GTX TITAN Black
- GPU UUID: GPU-c8227551-5eff-d32e-ae22-c4cb4ee605db
Slicer won’t open with error
```bash
Switch to module: "Welcome"
QOpenGLWidget: Failed to create context
.............................. (same 15 times)
QOpenGLWidget: Failed to create context
composeAndFlush: QOpenGLContext creation failed
composeAndFlush: makeCurrent() failed
.............................. (same 1e6 times)
composeAndFlush: makeCurrent() failed
error: [/home/alex/Documents/Slicer-4.11.0-2020-02-12-linux-amd64/bin/SlicerApp-real] exit abnormally - Report the problem.
```
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### Author:  [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/listing-of-known-working-gpu-card-and-associated-datasets/8009/8 "2020-02-13T13:45:24Z")
> [@Alex\_Vergara](#):
>
> Not running on
>
> - Slicer-4.11.0-2020-02-12-linux-amd64
> - Linux Ubuntu18.04 x64
> - NVidia Driver: 440.48.02
I don’t think that this card would not support OpenGL. This is most likely just a configuration error.
Does glxgear or other basic OpenGL applications work?
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### Author:  [@Alex\_Vergara](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Alex_Vergara)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/listing-of-known-working-gpu-card-and-associated-datasets/8009/9 "2020-02-13T14:13:15Z")
hmm, probably
```bash
alex@CRCTcalcul:~/Downloads/nvidia$ sudo nvidia-smi
Failed to initialize NVML: Driver/library version mismatch
```
I’ll try to solve that and reply with an answer
Edit:
I have reinstalled Cuda toolkit with bundled nvidia driver and now it it running 😉