Nvidia GeForce GT 710

[krblman]

My graphics card is in the name of the post.

This GPU can run KSP 1 flawlessly. Up to 240 FPS. I do keep the FPS capped to 30 to avoid heating it up (im the type of gamer who doesnt care much about graphics or fps but instead the longevity of his components).

 

Looking at the KSP 2 trailers, looks like that game would absolutely slaughter my GPU.

 

Is this true?

[MechBFP]

It might run, but I wouldn't be surprised if you could only get 10-20 FPS  on the absolute lowest settings across the board. We won't know until they release the specs and someone benchmarks it though.

Edited May 22, 2021 by MechBFP

[Kernel Kraken]

I doubt it'd hit 30. I'm building a new system pretty much just to run KSP 2. I doubt my 1060 would run it well.

[The Aziz]

1060 easy. It's not like those graphics are from space, they look good, but many games available on the market today look better and work on mid range gpus.

Now, about that 710, ksp1 works because the whole game is relatively low poly. The ground, the parts, I'd risk a statement that the entity with most polygons in the game is a Kerbal itself. If you look at fuel tanks and whatnot, you notice that they aren't exactly round. And most of the work is done by normal maps and reflections.

Then there is ksp2 and you saw how the terrain looks like. How detailed parts are. That poor geforce with only 2GB of memory will be screaming for mercy.

There was a trend at some point, when some people expected ksp2 to work on their potatoes because ksp1 worked on them. None of these people realize that one game was made with 2011 standards, the other is being made with 2020's standards in mind. That's a decade of graphics development and potential GPU capabilities.

Edited May 22, 2021 by The Aziz

[TLTay]

What kind of fps do you get on modern B-AAA games put out in the last 2 years? GT710  is roughly equivalent to a lot of older CPU's integrated graphics. It's not usually treated as a gaming graphics card, but rather as an HDMI adapter to allow more modern TV's and monitors to be used with really old mobo/cpu combos. KSP1 was a graphical lightweight when it was new a decade ago, KSP2 will not be. I fear you might not get a desirable result, unfortunately.

[krblman]

Okay.

[Incarnation of Chaos]

Don't expect that to do anything except a second display out or accelerate excel calculations.  You should be planning on getting something around the RX 580 or GTX 1060 level if not a tier above.

KSP has basically no graphics, the load is entirely CPU. KSP2 definitely won't require a supercomputer to run, but even a GTX 1050ti 4GB would be a world of difference for you.

[krblman]

1 hour ago, Incarnation of Chaos said:

You should be planning on getting something around the RX 580 or GTX 1060 level if not a tier above.

But that'll exhaust my budget of collecting a bunch of weird and obscene rubik's cubes!

 

Edit: Ohh, you mean for KSP 2. I'm actually saving up to build an entire new computer with atleast a GTX 1060, and atleast an Intel I7.

 

(I don't trust AMD for personal reasons)

Edited May 22, 2021 by krblman

[mcwaffles2003]

13 hours ago, krblman said:

But that'll exhaust my budget of collecting a bunch of weird and obscene rubik's cubes!

Edit: Ohh, you mean for KSP 2. I'm actually saving up to build an entire new computer with atleast a GTX 1060, and atleast an Intel I7.

(I don't trust AMD for personal reasons)

1060 should do fine, I'd even wager a 1050 might cut it for min specs. And if KSP 2 is anything like KSP 1 CPU wise, just look for high clock speeds and sacrifice a couple cores for for it if you're budget constrained. From what I recall of the earlier threads here, speculation was KSP 2 won't be multithreaded so lots of cares probably wont help.

My guess is the biggest requirement will be RAM and I bet 8Gb wont cut it, especially after introducing mods

Edited May 23, 2021 by mcwaffles2003

[krblman]

3 hours ago, mcwaffles2003 said:

1060 should do fine, I'd even wager a 1050 might cut it for min specs. And if KSP 2 is anything like KSP 1 CPU wise, just look for high clock speeds and sacrifice a couple cores for for it if you're budget constrained. From what I recall of the earlier threads here, speculation was KSP 2 won't be multithreaded so lots of cares probably wont help.

My guess is the biggest requirement will be RAM and I bet 8Gb wont cut it, especially after introducing mods

Okay, I don't overclock but I usually pick Intel desktop CPUs (3+ GHZ) which have a high base clock, and I don't like buying computers with less than 8GB.