The groundwater
modeling solution
GMS is a comprehensive groundwater modeling environment with GIS based graphical preprocessing tools to automate and streamline the modeling process. GMS seamlessly interfaces with MODFLOW and several other preeminent groundwater models, and provides advanced graphical features for viewing and calibrating model results.
GMS Requirements
| Component | Minimum Required (Windows XP) |
Minimum Required (Windows Vista) |
Recommended (Windows XP) |
Recommended (Windows Vista) |
| Operating System | Windows XP | Windows Vista | Windows XP | Windows Vista |
| RAM | 512 MB | 1GB | 2GB or greater | 4 GB or greater |
| CPU | 1 GHz* | 2 GHz or greater* | ||
| Hard Disk Free Space | 300 MB | 300 MB | ||
| Graphics Card | For all display features to be enabled, OpenGL 1.5 must be supported. | We recommend nVidia Quadro based graphics cards because of their superb OpenGL support. The use of a dedicated graphics card is strongly recommended. Integrated graphics cards are often problematic. | ||
| Minimum Resolution | 1024x768 or greater | 1024x768 or greater | ||
* XMS software is CPU intensive. We recommend the fastest CPU your budget allows. A multi-core CPU may be useful for multi-tasking while XMS is running. However, XMS software does not use more than a single core at this time, so a faster dual core may provide better performance than a slower quad core CPU.
Other Notes
You may have display problems when running over remote desktop. This can usually be fixed by restarting the software after beginning/ending a remote desktop session. Remote Desktop cannot be used with single-user/standalone locks, only with network locks.
Always download and install the latest drivers from your graphics card vendor. Graphics card problems are often due to using the wrong or outdated drivers. See Graphics Card Troubleshooting at the xmswiki for instructions on how to download and install graphics card drivers. If you continue to experience problems after updating your graphics card drivers, contact support.
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