Borderlands 3 Specs – Minimum & Recommended PC Specs

Our look at the Borderlands 3 Specs features all of the minimum and recommended specs you are going to need to best run the game! We've also got a look at all of the visual options you'll be able to tinker with once you've got the game running on your PC. While this is the recommended hardware you'll want to have to play the game smoothly, you can usually get away with a system that is below what's mentioned and still have a good experience!

Minimum Specs for Borderlands 3

MINIMUM SPECS 1080p Gaming

• OS – Windows 7/8/10 (latest service pack)
• Processor – AMD FX-8350 (Intel i5-3570)
• Memory – 6GB RAM
• Graphics card – AMD Radeon™ HD 7970 (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB)
• HDD – 75 GB

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Recommended Specs for Borderlands 3

RECOMMENDED SPECS 1440P Gaming

• OS – Windows 7/8/10 (latest service pack)
• Processor – AMD Ryzen™ 5 2600 (Intel i7-4770)
• Memory – 16GB RAM
• Graphics card – AMD Radeon™ RX 590 (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB)
• HDD – 75 GB

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Available Visual Options for PC

If you're someone who wants to tinker around with all of the visuals in the game, you're going to have a wide selection of options to mess with!

Basic

• Graphics API: DirectX 11, DirectX 12
• Display: (varies by setup)
• Display Mode: Full Screen, Windowed Borderless, Windowed
• Resolution: (varies by setup)
• Vertical Sync: Off, On
• Resolution Scale: 50% - 200% in 25% increments
• Limit Frame Rate: Smooth 22-62 FPS, Capped 30 FPS, Capped 50 FPS, Capped 60 FPS, Capped 72 FPS, Capped 120 FPS, Unlimited, Custom
• Custom FPS Limit: default 90, minimum 15, maximum 300
• Calibrate Display: Brightness and HDR
• Calibrate Safe Area: Adjust the boundary of the UI
• Field of View: default 90, minimum 70, maximum 110
• Vehicle Field of View: default 90, minimum 70, maximum 110
• HUD Scale: default 1, minimum 0.6, maximum 1.3

Advanced

Preferences

• Display Stats: Off, FPS, All (FPS, CPU, GPU)
• Anti Aliasing: None, FXAA, Temporal
• FidelityFX Sharpening: Off, On
• Camera Motion Blur: Off, On
  
• Object Motion Blur: Off, On

General

• Graphics Quality: Low, Medium, High, Ultra
• Texture Streaming: Low, Medium, High, Ultra
• Anisotropic Filtering: 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x
• Material Quality: Low, Medium, High, Ultra
• Shadows: Low, Medium, High, Ultra
• Draw Distance: Low, Medium, High, Ultra
• Environment Texture Detail: Low, Medium, High, Ultra
• Environment Detail: Low, Medium, High, Ultra
• Terrain Detail: Low, Medium, High, Ultra
• Foliage Detail: Low, Medium, High, Ultra
• Character Texture Detail: Low, Medium, High, Ultra
• Character Detail: Low, Medium, High, Ultra
  
• Ambient Occlusion: Low, Medium, High, Ultra
  
• Volumetric Fog: Off, Medium, High, Ultra
• Screen Space Reflections: Off, Medium, High, Ultra