Yes it's good. Not a real barn burner, but the right combo of resolution and settings will let you play most games quite well. I'm in the US, so I like to look at newegg user reviews for stuff like how noisy customers think a card is. The general consensus seems to be that this card is fairly quiet. I do wonder something, though. Is there any chance your 9500gt is a low profile card? Most cards are full height(at least), being 4 inches(10cm) or more in width. Some narrow, smaller form factor systems(that might for example mount an optical drive vertically vs horizontally) use low profile("half height") add in cards in their expansion slots(not really 1/2 the width, but considerably narrower than a full height card). If you need a low profile card, you need to look at a different model. Also, the cooler on this card is large enough that it will take up the space in the expansion slot next to the pcie x16 slot. That may be another consideration for you depending on what other cards you may have installed in your computer. At least this card is fairly short. Hope this helps.