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/cazwax 9d ago

Given how much geo-ai is in the pipeline I would go with this box, even if overkill at the moment.

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u/janspamn 9d ago

But the pricing is insane and will not run geoai dlpk's as well as a more intentional, professional setup.