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When running Euro Truck Simulator 2 on medium graphics settings my CPU was at about 20%, my RAM was at about 60% and my GPU was at 100%.

I would like to achieve 30 FPS on high on games like Kerbal Space Program, Euro Truck Simulator 2, Spintires and Cities: Skylines.

Currently I achieve between 15 and 20 FPS in Euro Truck Simulator 2 on medium graphics with shadows turned off.

Spintires is about the same as ETS2 on similar settings.

I also got between 9 and 11 FPS on the Racecraft Techdemo on 40% graphics.

All of my drivers are up up date, however my PC is full of dust and I have just ordered some compressed air to clean it.

My specs are:

  • Operating System Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

  • CPU Intel Core i5 2320 @ 3.00GHz
    Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology

  • RAM 4.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)

  • Motherboard Dell Inc. 0GDG8Y (CPU 1)

  • Graphics Acer S191HQL (1366x768@60Hz) 1024MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 6450 (Unknown)

  • Storage 465GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AAKX-753CA1 ATA Device (SATA)
    465GB Samsung M3 Portable USB Device (USB (SATA))

  • Optical Drives HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GH70N ATA Device

  • Audio AMD High Definition Audio Device

I benchmarked my PC with NovaBench and these were the results:

4079 MB System RAM (Score: 149)

  • RAM Speed: 11018 MB/s

CPU Tests (Score: 436)

  • Floating Point Operations/Second: 102394996
  • Integer Operations/Second: 373006004
  • MD5 Hashes Generated/Second: 1045838

Graphics Tests (Score: 63)

  • 3D Frames Per Second: 204

Hardware Tests (Score: 30)

  • Primary Partition Capacity: 450 GB
  • Drive Write Speed: 68 MB/s

What GPU should I buy that's compatible with these specifications, that will allow me to run said games?

I am on a quite a tight budget and can only spend around £100 ($150 USD)

Callum Jenner
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    Honestly, with tax and everything, 100 GBP is more like 100 USD, in terms of buying power, even though the exchange rates say otherwise. – timuzhti Nov 24 '15 at 02:45
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    I know the original question referred to purchasing a GFX card and the 750ti suggested by @Peter Zhu will fit the bill, however I do think there is one necessary upgrade. For a very small price you can bump up your RAM from 4GB to 8GB, a couple of these will work a treat for a relatively low price as well. – JostySpoons Nov 24 '15 at 10:17

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A GTX 750 or a GTX 750 Ti would suit your needs. Buying a GPU better then the GTX 750 Ti would make your CPU a bottleneck and anything lower than a GTX 750 wouldn't satisfy your needs. Try to get a GTX 750 Ti if it's within your budget (it should be), if not, get a GTX 750. The GTX 750 ti would be good enough to run modern games at low settings and less demanding games at medium or high settings.

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    I have found the 750 ti for £95, This seems like it would be perfect for my setup. Thanks. :) – Callum Jenner Nov 22 '15 at 21:17
  • This is good stuff, but please remember that you should also provide a synopsis of each bit of hardware you recommend, and how it meets the asker's needs. It may help to split this into one answer per recommendation. Please [edit] this answer to include those details. Thanks. – ArtOfCode Nov 24 '15 at 22:51