Arcview 8.2 Hardware specs?

[Dafinga]

At work right now my team is trying to PROVE to management that we need to run more high end hardware for most of our duties. I strickly work with Arcview 8.2 and the processing speed for rendering is way to slow for the output and jobs that get thrown our way. I develop high scale database driven maps, that output competitors for a banking firm. I will possibly be developing 3D modeling to go into these maps in the future, so I have to PROVE that the hardware specs that I need are backed up with some proof that the software will run faster and more efficient.

So I need help trying to find this proof from a website, document, etc. I have been looking all over and there is no HARD evidence.

So guys and girls, more help the better! Thanks! :rofl:

 

[odoe]

A fellow [H] GIS user, I'm so excited.

We use ArcINFO 8.3 here at work, and I am on a 1GHz P3, with 512MB RDRAM and a Matrox G400 with an old SCSI drive that cannot be 10,000RPM. Let me tell you that when I start running stuff like Spatial Analyst and 3D Analyst (used over a network version), it slows down so horribly. Even working with large (1GB or greater) images, it takes forever to refesh. I can't blame it all on the hardware though. A lot of our files are served off the network and trying to pull in a 600MB shapefile over a 10/100 network can drive a grown man to tears.


Anyway, back to your question. ESRI's specs aren't going to help you.
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My only suggestion to you, and this helped me go from 256MB ram to 512MB ram is to show them how ineffecient it is. Bring up a project that crawls on your system and let them see how long refresh times take, or how ungodly it is to edit features on a slow machine. Let them feel your pain, and point out how it hinders your productivity.

Good luck.

Are you going to the ESRI conference in July?

 

[Dafinga]

hehehehe! Yeah I don't know many people who use this program as well!

I forgot to post the specs of my work machine:
Hewlett Packard custom case
Intel Pentium 4 1.8Ghz
1 gb of Ram
ATI Rage 128 Pro GL

The types and models not sure, because not allowed to open the machine because of company policy......

I hear that cross network issue, what a bitch! I would like to go to that conference, but not sure if company will pay for it?

Thanks!

 

[odoe]

There are a couple of options that could help.
From what I hear from other users, a CPU upgrade is more beneficial than a ram upgrade for ESRI software, especially with raster datasets. Your machine is already pretty nice, but a CPU upgrade could definitely help. Too bad ArcINFO isn't multi-threaded.

Another option or additon could be a ram drive.
http://www.cenatek.com./

They offer a rocket drive that goes up to I think 4GB for $600. That could really help as well.

Of course, these are just dream add-ons to my workstation.