Camacha Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 NVIDIA GPU's are supposed to be the best for gaming right?No, they are not. Both AMD and Nvidia make excellent cards. Depending on your preferences, either one could be the best option. Currently, Nvidia is a little more economical with power, AMD has a slight edge when it comes to bang-for-buck.We really need to move away from this fable that Nvidia somehow would be inherently better. It is not. It is also not worse either (business practices aside).My current system is a 27" iMac late 2012. 3.4 GHz i7, 16 GB of 1600 MHz DDR3 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX. As far as budget goes, less than $1500, preferably around $1000.What exactly do you hope to do that you cannot do now? Your current computer is, in all reality, rather quick when it comes to the tasks you describe. KSP is heavily single threaded, I am not sure about Dwarf Fortress. If you truly have trouble running either one, there is very little place to go but up and the benefits would be relatively slim.I do not think either game is very demanding on the GPU, so throwing in some heavyweight card will probably do little good (other than cost money, use power and generate heat). If you have issues now, it really pays to find out in detail were those issues come from, and then build a system to mitigate those issues.Nvidia cards are certainly better supported under GNU/Linux, and IME tend to be slightly faster (and slightly more expensive) than the comparable AMD offering. But in reality it's neck-and-neck, and which is better value depends on the month you ask.Agreed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafni Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Sorry if this has been discussed before, but what are the requirements for a laptop to run the game nice and smooth, even with some mods installed??What numbers should I look at??Something that is not overkill (to keep the price low) but will not hit any limitations in a long while.Thank you very much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Iron Crown Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Dafni: Single thread CPU performance is by far the biggest factor in how well KSP plays on a computer. These days that means an Intel CPU with as fast a clockspeed as you can afford. Other than that, I would recommend 8GB of RAM and something with a discrete video card rather than graphics integrated into the CPU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camacha Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Are we talking about just KSP? I agree with Crown Of Thorns there. Single thread processor speed is by far the most important factor. A discrete GPU paired with an Intel chip is ideal, but depending on your budget you might need or want to sacrifice that GPU for optimal thread speed. The newest generation of Intel chips have reasonable-ish inbuilt GPU's, though if at all possible you want that GPU instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafni Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Are we talking about just KSP? I agree with Crown Of Thorns there. Single thread processor speed is by far the most important factor. A discrete GPU paired with an Intel chip is ideal, but depending on your budget you might need or want to sacrifice that GPU for optimal thread speed. The newest generation of Intel chips have reasonable-ish inbuilt GPU's, though if at all possible you want that GPU instead.Yeah, we're talking about just KSP. What other games of interest are there anyway?? Thank you for the suggestions. It'll be a great help deciding what to get.cheersDaf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camacha Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Do not hesitate to run prospect systems or questions by us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphasus Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 (edited) Is this system reasonable for under $800, or could a better intel/nvidia one be made?http://pcpartpicker.com/p/k2NR3C Edited August 23, 2015 by Alphasus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camacha Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Without knowing the system's purpose or your goals, it seems reasonable, though I do not see why you would limit yourself to Nvidia.If you can tell us more about what you want, we might be able to provide better advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphasus Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 It is supposed to play KSP well, as well as run elite dangerous at better than medium settings, and to play war thunder on max(not movie). No amd is for compatibility with any other games that I want to expand into, and power efficiency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camacha Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 It is supposed to play KSP well, as well as run elite dangerous at better than medium settings, and to play war thunder on max(not movie).Okay, settings and games are a start. At what resolution do you want to play? What is running things well? 40 fps, 60 fps, 120 fps? Have you checked out the benchmarks run with those games? What hardware comes close to the performance you are looking for?No amd is for compatibility with any other games that I want to expand intoLike which ones, and what is supposed to be (non-)compatible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphasus Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 (edited) 60 fps is acceptable for me. Running KSP well is either on high or max. Elite dangerous at medium to high settings, 40 fps. War thunder 60 fps high or max settings.AMD incompatible: It will likely dual boot Linux for KSP.And, 1080p for everything. Edited August 24, 2015 by Alphasus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeb Coleman Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 I would like to build a good PC for playing KSP. My budget is $300. Do you have any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Iron Crown Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 I would like to build a good PC for playing KSP. My budget is $300. Do you have any ideas?Keep saving, honestly. Until you hit the ~$600 mark it is hard to build a gaming machine that isn't fairly heavily compromised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphasus Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 I already tried that for 300. No proper GPU can be used, unless you want Intel integrated graphics, or use obscene amounts of power and generate huge amounts of heat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeb Coleman Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 I can get buy with a few compromises such as hard drive space or ram because I can upgrade them later- - - Updated - - -Also graphics can be intergrated because I do not have a good graphics card at all. My curent system is Intel pentium D 940 4GB DDR2 ram ATI Radeon HD 64501TB SATA 2 Hard drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphasus Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 (edited) Do you need a monitor or an OS?Here:CPU: Pentium G3258Fast on its cores, can be over clocked well.Cooler(for over clocking):Hyper 212 EVORAM:8 gb of ramEnough for most thingsStorage: 1 TB Caviar Blue HDDCase: MicroATX CaseThe computer won't make much heat,so it doesn't need that large of a case.And, a cooler is there as well.PSU: Silverstone 300 Watt PSUThis psu had very few bad reviews, so it would seem to be reliable, while also leaving room for overclocking and adding a GPUhttp://pcpartpicker.com/p/WM7YFT Edited August 25, 2015 by Alphasus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Iron Crown Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 (edited) If you must upgrade now, I would suggest a Pentium G3258 CPU, a low end Z97 motherboard, and 8GB of RAM. Keep your HDD and other peripherals (not sure if the 6450 will outperform recent Intel integrated, if so keep using that). Continue saving for a better GPU and PSU.Edit: Editing your post to ninja me, Alphasus? Edited August 25, 2015 by Red Iron Crown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphasus Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Edited my post so now it uses an overclockable motherboard. Also, use your own hard drive instead of the new one and you will be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeb Coleman Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 I already have windows 8.1 And Zoren OS 10 (can KSP run on that?) and I also have 4gb of ram. I have a good display also.- - - Updated - - -Also I have a case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robotengineer Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 How does this look?pcpartspicker.com link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeb Coleman Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 And a power supply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaarst Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Any tips on a decent laptop for a budget of up to €800/£600/$900 ? Kinda getting more and more annoyed by my current cr*ppy 4-year old laptop... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphasus Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Lenovo y401080p display 14 inchi7U 5000 seriesRadeon R9 M275 GPU16 GB of ram1 TB HDDThat fills the bill, does it not?http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/lenovo/y-series/y40-80/?sb=:000001C9:000146CA: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaarst Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Lenovo y401080p display 14 inchi7U 5000 seriesRadeon R9 M275 GPU16 GB of ram1 TB HDDThat fills the bill, does it not?http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/lenovo/y-series/y40-80/?sb=:000001C9:000146CA:Interesting, very interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphasus Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Interesting, very interesting...Also, this:http://www.asus.com/us/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/G501JW/specifications/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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