No Man's Sky on Radeon RX 550

Meets minimumEstimate · low confidence, ±30%

Yes, at lower settings. The Radeon RX 550 meets No Man's Sky's minimum spec but not the recommended one. We estimate ~49 fps at 1080p high (range 34–64, low confidence, ±30%), GPU-limited. For 60 fps at 1080p, use the medium preset. Its 4 GB of video memory covers the 3 GB the game requires at minimum. The cheapest current card for 60 fps at 1080p high is the GeForce GTX 1630 (~84 fps). Model estimate, not measured; data updated 2026-09-24.

Estimated FPS by preset

Preset	1080p	1440p	4K
low	84	58	35
medium	64	45	27
high	49	34	21
ultra	39	28	17

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: medium preset
60 fps at 1440p: not reachable
144 fps at 1080p: not reachable

AMD card: use FSR in quality mode before dropping the preset (XeSS also works). DLSS is not available on Radeon.

What limits performance

Estimates above: GPU-limited, assuming a processor fast enough not to hold the Radeon RX 550 back.
Processor needed for ~49 fps: Core i3-9100F or faster (slowest current desktop CPU our model expects to keep up).

Video memory

Radeon RX 550: 4 GB
Minimum spec: 3 GB (+1 GB headroom)

Cheapest upgrade for each target

1080p, 60 fps, High

GeForce GTX 1630

~84 fps vs 49 now (est.)

+71% GPU performance

1440p, 60 fps, High

Radeon RX 6400

~98 fps vs 34 now (est.)

+186% GPU performance

4K, 60 fps, High

Radeon RX 6500 XT

~68 fps vs 21 now (est.)

+229% GPU performance

Slowest current desktop card (2020+) that reaches each target in No Man's Sky; usually the cheapest.

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

Graphics card	1080p	1440p	vs Radeon RX 550
Radeon RX 550	49	34	—
GeForce GTX 1650	140	98	+186%
GeForce GTX 1060 6GB	196	138	+300%
GeForce RTX 2060 6GB	295	206	+500%
Radeon RX 6600	300+	226	+557%
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB	300+	246	+614%
GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	300+	255	+643%
Radeon RX 7600	300+	285	+729%
GeForce RTX 4060	300+	290	+743%
GeForce RTX 3070	300+	300+	+886%
GeForce RTX 4070	300+	300+	+1143%
Radeon RX 7800 XT	300+	300+	+1286%
GeForce RTX 5070	300+	300+	+1329%
Radeon RX 9070 XT	300+	300+	+1757%
GeForce RTX 4080	300+	300+	+1829%
GeForce RTX 5090	300+	300+	+2971%