I have a 10 year old laptop (Samsung series 7 Chronos) that I would like to use for some volunteer work that uses specific software (ESRI ArcMap Pro for GIS). Since it’s so old, it doesn’t meet the minimum requirements or recommended specs (see below). But it doesn’t seem too bad? I’m wondering if getting a new video card, more RAM, and whatever is needed for the OpenGL extension (can’t seem to figure that one out) is a viable way to go, or just replacing the whole thing makes the most sense (cost-wise.) It just seems so wasteful when it still works (though slowly). Can anyone weigh in on this? Below is from the scan of my laptop for requirements:
VIDEO CARD
Requirement: DirectX 12 feature level 12.0; Shader Model 6.0 with 4 GB RAM
You have: GeForce GT 640M
| Required | I have | |
|---|---|---|
| Dedicated Video RAM | 4GB | 1GB |
| Total Video RAM | 4GB | 5GB |
| Pixel Shader | 6 | 5 |
| Vertex Shader | 6 | 5 |
CPU (GOOD)
Requirement: Quad core
I have: Intel® Core™ i7-3615QM CPU @ 2.30GHz
CPU SPEED
Requirement: Info ---- I have: 2.3 GHz
RAM (NOT GOOD)
Requirement: 32 GB ---- I have: 8.0 GB
OS (GOOD)
Requirement: Windows (64 bit) 10 or 11 or Windows Server (64 bit) 2016, 2019 or 2022. ---- I have: Windows 10
FREE DISK (GOOD)Requirement: 32 GB ---- I have: 804 GB
.NET DESKTOP RUNTIME (JUST NEED TO DOWNLOAD)
Requirement: Microsoft .NET Desktop Runtime 6.0.5 or a later patch release (6.0.6, and so on), using a Windows x64 installer. The presence of Microsoft .NET Desktop Runtime 7 or later is inconsequential to ArcGIS Pro 3.0.
Please download and install the latest available version of Microsoft .NET 6.x.x Desktop Runtime – Windows x64 from
Microsoft: Download .NET 6.0
CUDA COMPUTE (UNSURE??)
Requirement: CUDA support is not required to run ArcGIS Pro but is required to run specific tools. It can also accelerate some Spatial Analyst tools.
I have: Unsupported CUDA Compute Level 2.0 Fermi
OPENGL ARB_CLIP_CONTROL EXTENSION (UNSURE HOW TO RESOLVE)
Requirement: OpenGL Extension ARB_Clip_Control is required ---- I have: No
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OpenGL version, CUDA core computation, and DirectX are all factors of the GPU that’s soldered onto the motherboard. An upgraded laptop would be necessary to change these.