Video cards

[kurja]

Maybe look around for a second hand gaming gpu? An enthusiast gamer friend of mine updates his gpu quite often and I byu his old ones when I need another Something like a gtx560ti should be well within your budget, I just tried counter-strike source at full hd with that card and got +60 fps.

[_Aramchek_]

Maybe look around for a second hand gaming gpu? An enthusiast gamer friend of mine updates his gpu quite often and I byu his old ones when I need another Something like a gtx560ti should be well within your budget, I just tried counter-strike source at full hd with that card and got +60 fps.

Yeah, a 560 is still a decent card.

[RatBeer]

Maybe look around for a second hand gaming gpu? An enthusiast gamer friend of mine updates his gpu quite often and I byu his old ones when I need another Something like a gtx560ti should be well within your budget, I just tried counter-strike source at full hd with that card and got +60 fps.

Yeah, a 560 is still a decent card.

In fact i was just looking at the 560 and i agree it looks like a great card but i cant find any within my range

[doggie015]

It just puzzles me what could be causing the lag, even with just a 3 part rocket i get pretty bad FPS on take off whenever i look towards the horizon on the lowest settings and im running it on an i5 3470 like i said earlier. Surely an i5 is powerful enough to run KSP. This is why i believe its GPU but hey im definitely no computer genius

Yeah; I suspect that is your GPU. The simulation is CPU intensive but you still have to see stuff in order to play!

[flightmaster]

GTX Titan SLI.

[RatBeer]

GTX Titan SLI.

Only a little bit expensive..

[joppiesaus]

I have just a new pc, with a GTX 640 on it. KSP runs super awsome!

[1trocksmysocks]

First I want to state that I'm not an expert and that I do not do this for a living. The advice that follows is from my personal experience only and you should do additional research before making a purchase.

Generally speaking a graphics card in the $60-$80 range will not be significantly better than your i5's integrated graphics. Integrated graphics have come a very long way in the past few years. If you are going to upgrade than make it worthwhile by spending at least $120. Honestly though, the sweet spot is in the $160-$220 range. That much will give you most of the performance of the top of the line cards at around half the price.

ATI cards tend to have a better price/performance ratio than Nvidia but there is a caveat to this. ATI cards usually have mediocre drivers so while they might have equal (often better) raw performance at a cheaper price an Nvidia card may give better real-world performance.

I personally love ATI cards and after evaluating my options I always end up purchasing an ATI card. But this is just me. Others swear by Nvidia. Tom's hardware does a decent rundown of GPU's for the money every month or so. This the most recent one.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107.html

Remember if you buy a new GPU that your power supply must be adequate. I hope this was of some help.

[Amram]

and be sure that it fits your case. For your typical OEM, low/mid range PC, the cases are often rather small, and GPU's can be fairly long. It would be very disappointing to by a new GPU only to find its too long for your case.