http://www.pcgamer.com/the-pc-version-of-no-mans-sky-is-a-mess-for-some-players/

"No Man’s Sky just released for the PC on Steam, and users are reporting poor performance, even with good hardware. Stuttering, FPS drops, screen-tearing, and crashes on startup (a potential crash fix is available on Reddit) are among the reported issues, but it’s unclear how widespread they are. If the subredditand Steam reviews are any indication, performance issues aren’t a small problem.

It’s also not an alt-tab friendly game. Once it’s minimized, users can’t seem to be able to return it to the active window. It happens to me, and absent-mindedly, I’ve alt-tabbed to hop into our office chat only to realize I in order to return to No Man’s Sky I had force close it and boot it up again. Until we found some weird workarounds: opening Task Manager, right-clicking NMS, and selecting "Switch to" works. So does clicking "Play" in Steam. Not ideal, but better than restarting, I suppose.

And for whatever reason, the framerate is capped at 30 by default, although it can be increased. Be sure to change that in the graphics options before burning down any buildings.

As of writing this, Steam user reviews are Mostly Negative, with over 1,000 in an hour after No Man’s Sky’s release on Steam. They’re known to surge and dogpile on a whim, so we’ll keep an eye on them to see how they level out, but nearly every single one points to performance.

A small patch just went out, but we're not sure what it addresses. I've installed it and played around for a bit with no noticeable difference in performance, so it might be a quick fix for the startup crashes. If you're still having problems post-patch, Sean Murray tweeted a few things to try and keep in mind."

EDIT:  I bought the game to see it for myself, it runs like shit and looks like shit, AC Unity and Batman arkham knight run better on my pc.

it's crazy.

Welp, this was expected after all the ps4 nonsense... I shall wait 24 hours before getting a refund and yaring it instead.

Let's not say things we cannot take back.
*runs away*

This game is not a power hungry one, with my rift... 32 gb ram, and r9 390 and and i7 4990k , the game is at 20 fps and sometimes goes down to 5 fps. performance garbage game.

I knew it was going to happen. TB even cancelled his stream because it got so bad for him while ACG carried on but it still didn't stop us from noticing the obviously bad port job. HG are asking for a full on £40 for an indie game that doesn't work for most PC gamers on Steam, that's pretty bad form.

I know the game is going to get patched but this honestly shouldn't be anywhere near this bad. I'll be doing what I do and waiting for a deep discount and see how the game performs after some months of patching. I've got Starbound to tide me over until then.

Lol alt tab.

#borderlesswindowmasterrace

Can't say I'm surprised with the ps4 focus.

I'm happy I waited to see how the launch went. Will probably still pick it up but further down the line.

Pc ports strike again.

TB's stream was so juicy. I loved it.