Would a GTX 950 do for me?

[GreenMint]

Hey all, just after any opinions as I haven't upgraded since getting my 560ti about 5 years ago!

I bought No Man's Sky yesterday and my frame rate is appalling at 720p and the fan is HOWLING!

I'm looking for a card that will work for my spec (3rd Gen I5-3570K, 8gb) without being overkill, can't really afford 190 for a 970 atm.

Running 2 x 1080p screens, only using 1 for games, the other just for Spotify and some browsing etc...

Would a 950 be worthwhile or are they the kind of cards that exist but really shouldn't?

 

[Reality|Bites]

If you can't afford the £190 for a 970 then just wait and save up a bit more. Play some other games.

 

[Panos]

How much is your budget?

RX460 is brand new card and similar to +~10% in DX11 over the GTX950, and much faster on DX12 and Vulcan, and goes for around £100-120. (4GB versions).

However for that money you can grab used, at least an R9 380 if not an R9 290/290X.
Which are far superior cards. (50% in the case of 380, to more than double the speed on the 290s).

And as above, if your budget is around £200, GTX970 or better the RX480 are far superior cards. (there is also the RX470 in the middle)

 

[southernorth]

An AMD rx 470 is probably going to suit your budget best, and give the most performance.

Very recently a 3GB GTX 1060 was shown, which might become a 1050. You could wait a bit and see what Nvidia do for that.


Also, and very important to consider, No Man's Sky appears to be a terribly optimized PC game. In-game performance will not accurately show the power of your hardware. I have read that people with Nvidia GTX 1080's (a GPU worth around £700) struggle to get even 60 frames per second in-game. That's utterly atrocious performance.