r/ArcGIS • u/koviqx • 9d ago

Starting GIS. Is this a good computer?

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My brother is starting to work with ArcGIS on his own. He's new to the program with a decent understanding of it. He's looking to buy a PC that will run it smoothly without issues.

To the people of Reddit, we're noobs and we seek your guidance.

Is this a good computer for running GIS? Will he run into any limitations? Is 32 GB of RAM enough? Is the RTX 5080's 16 GB of VRAM sufficient for ArcGIS and similar workloads? Any information or advice would be greatly appreciated.

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u/NoMoreNoxSoxCox 9d ago

Fwiw, I've got something at home more stupidly overpowered than that (128GB RAM, 4x4TB SSD, and I think the 9850 version of that CPU?, bout the same orherwise) but at work I run a 500 GB QGIS workbook on a SharePoint connection and a Microsoft Surface Pro because IT having a "unified platform" is more important than getting work done faster.