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Hi,<br>
How long is a piece of string?<br>
You might get a more accurate answer to that question 🙂<br>
<br>
So, to try to be more useful to you:<br>
<ul>
<li>If Intel, at least i9 "top-end". Look at the number of
CPU/threads but almost more importantly look at the CPU clock
speed as the higher CPU counts can lead to slower clock speed.
You can play around with CPU comparisons on a number of
websites. (currently I would tend towards AMD, though)</li>
<li>Minimum 32GB, preferably 64GB or even 128GB if budget allows.
Perhaps avoid ECC as it does run (noticeably???) slower.</li>
<li>In terms of motherboard design, take 'notice' of the number of
PCIe lanes available and how fast/what Gen they are.</li>
<li>Only use NVMe 'drives', not SATA SSD or 'normal' HDs</li>
<li>Graphics cards? I am not sure where the price-break between
gaming and 'professional' cards is - <b>maybe someone else on
this list can help here</b>.</li>
<li>Don't forget to have a "few" decent USB ports - at least 3.2
Gen2 x 2 (20Gbps) or USB 4 (40Gbps, even 80Gbps) - But remember
that if you are transferring hundreds of small files (as in
multiple File-GDBs) the file-system as formatted on the USB will
have a major impact (downwards) on your transfer speeds.</li>
<li>Try to have at least 2.5Gbps network, if 10Gbps not affordable
- but then to benefit from this you will need to connect to an
appropriate network.</li>
</ul>
<br>
I run a 2023 Dell Mobile Precision Workstation 7780 with i9-1390HX,
128GB CAMM non-ECC, RTX-A5000 Ada and a 1TB NVMe for system, plus
another 3 * 8TB Sabrent PCIe 4 NVMe SSDs.<br>
Overkill perhaps, but one gets used to this too quickly and still
complains about "this slow piece of rubbish!!!" 😂😂<br>
<br>
Not sure if you mean <u><i>stereo</i></u> 3D visualisation - if
yes, you could end up spending more on the (Pluraview?) 3D
monitor.....<br>
<br>
Hope I've helped a bit, at least.<br>
<br>
Regards and have fun,<br>
Zoltan<br>
<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2026/01/21 15:50, Bjørn Magne Stock
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I hope you are doing
well. I am contacting you to request guidance on recommended
hardware specifications for a new workstation that will be
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">What we are expecting
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QGIS.<br>
Could you please advise on the recommended <b>hardware
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Best regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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