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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Hello, I was wondering how much video memory Chimera is capable of accessing. I currently have a 898Mb videocard that begins to slow down with a 550x550x550 map (at step size 1). This map is actually a downsample of the true 1100x1100x1100 map coming in at 5GB. I was contemplating going for a much larger video card at 4GB, however I was curious to what extent I could expect to see acceleration using Chimera with such a massive dataset (600+MB) and video card.<BR>
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Thank you,<BR>
Ryan H. Rochat MS<BR>
MD/PhD Candidate (Baylor College of Medicine)<BR>
Graduate Student SCBMB (Baylor College of Medicine)<BR>
Chiu Lab<BR>
One Baylor Plaza N420 Alkek<BR>
Houston Texas 77030<BR>
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