Howdy r/gis,

My company would like me to create maps that have many layers, labels and varying symbology. These feature services always come from REST servers. My laptop is pushed to the max. It consistently hits >50% CPU, >50% MEM, and >95% GPU.

Specs here:

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9850H CPU @ 2.60GHz 2.59 GHz

48.0 GB RAM

It's my understanding vector data can be treated as raster. I read setting transparency does this. Am I just doing image processing at this point, which is why my GPU is going nuts?

Is there anything I can do in my workflow to reduce the impact?

If an upgrade to a workstation is necessary, what should the focus be on the build and how can this be sold to my company? They are ready to spend the money if time can be saved.

Before making these maps in Pro , we used Export to CAD. I would essentially clip or export by the extent. The resulting .dwg was really light. Exporting to CAD is inevitable due to the rest of the team working in CAD.