No Man's Sky on GeForce GTX 980

Well above recommendedEstimate · low confidence, ±30%

Yes. The GeForce GTX 980 is well above No Man's Sky's recommended spec. We estimate ~204 fps at 1080p high (range 142–265, low confidence, ±30%), GPU-limited. At 1440p high expect ~142 fps, so every preset holds 60 fps. Its 4 GB of video memory covers the 3 GB the game requires at minimum. Model estimate, not measured; data updated 2026-09-24.

Estimated FPS by preset

Preset	1080p	1440p	4K
low	300+	242	145
medium	265	185	111
high	204	142	85
ultra	163	114	68

Estimate · low confidence, ±30%

Estimated FPS from our model (v0), based on the game's published requirements and relative GPU/CPU performance. Not measured. Real results vary with drivers, patches, and scenes. Values above 300 fps show as 300+. Data updated 2026-09-24.

Best settings

60 fps at 1080p: ultra preset
60 fps at 1440p: ultra preset
144 fps at 1080p: ultra preset

This GeForce card has no tensor cores, so DLSS is not available. Use FSR or XeSS in quality mode before dropping the preset.

What limits performance

Estimates above: GPU-limited, assuming a processor fast enough not to hold the GeForce GTX 980 back.
Processor needed for ~204 fps: Ryzen 7 7700X or faster (slowest current desktop CPU our model expects to keep up).

Video memory

GeForce GTX 980: 4 GB
Minimum spec: 3 GB (+1 GB headroom)

No Man's Sky on popular graphics cards (high preset)

Graphics card	1080p	1440p	vs GeForce GTX 980
GeForce GTX 1650	140	98	-31%
GeForce GTX 1060 6GB	196	138	-3%
GeForce GTX 980	204	142	—
GeForce RTX 2060 6GB	295	206	+45%
Radeon RX 6600	300+	226	+59%
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB	300+	246	+72%
GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	300+	255	+79%
Radeon RX 7600	300+	285	+100%
GeForce RTX 4060	300+	290	+103%
GeForce RTX 3070	300+	300+	+138%
GeForce RTX 4070	300+	300+	+200%
Radeon RX 7800 XT	300+	300+	+234%
GeForce RTX 5070	300+	300+	+245%
Radeon RX 9070 XT	300+	300+	+348%
GeForce RTX 4080	300+	300+	+366%
GeForce RTX 5090	300+	300+	+641%