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Borderlands 3 system requirements and graphics options
If you want to get the most out of your machine and maintain smooth framerates with tons of graphics settings turned up, here's a handy list of recommended specs, featuring AMD Ryzen and AMD Radeon hardware, that's right ... making this an exclusive AMD sponsored title.
Yesterday, 2K announced the system requirements for the PC version of its highly anticipated sequel, Borderlands 3, which is optimized to deliver stunning visuals and immersive, high-performance gaming on AMD Radeon graphics cards. Borderlands 3 PC gamers will need to be running Windows 7, 8 or 10 with the latest service packs installed, and have 75GB of HDD space. Specifications include:
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
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
Borderlands 3 is optimized for AMD Radeon graphics cards, including ones based on the new RDNA gaming architecture, providing breathtaking visuals, amazing performance, ultra-responsive, silky smooth gameplay, and exciting features, including:
- Asynchronous Compute – Allows Radeon GPUs to execute multiple tasks at the same time. This GPU multithreading capability enables efficient graphics and visual effects workload distribution, resulting in higher framerates.
- AMD FidelityFX – Offers a dynamic sharpening filter to draw out detail in low-contrast areas for a sharper gaming experience. It provides a pleasing improvement in image clarity, counteracting the softening caused by other post-process effects.
- AMD Radeon FreeSync 2 HDR Technology – Radeon FreeSync is the most popular adaptive sync display technology available, with over 750 supported monitors tested and certified to deliver fluid, tear-free, artifact-free gaming. FreeSync 2 HDR introduces a new dimension of vibrancy to screens by enabling darker blacks and brighter whites without oversaturation or clipping.
- Multithreading of Command Buffers – Ensures more traffic from the AMD Ryzen processor reaches the AMD Radeon graphics card faster for higher performance, better graphics and reduced latency.
graphics options you'll find in the relevant menu.
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
Borderlands 3 Official E3 Trailer - 06/10/2019 11:47 AM
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Project SHIELD: Borderlands 2 Demo Video - 02/06/2013 09:47 AM
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#5705184 Posted on: 08/28/2019 08:06 PM
In before people start complaining about Epic Ga---- oh... nevermind; too late.
On a serious note, odd change of pace. Borderlands 2 for example seemed to be more of a Nvidia title (particularly because of PhysX support).
In before people start complaining about Epic Ga---- oh... nevermind; too late.
On a serious note, odd change of pace. Borderlands 2 for example seemed to be more of a Nvidia title (particularly because of PhysX support).
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#5705238 Posted on: 08/28/2019 09:50 PM
PFFFFF, wont be giving these money grabbers any of my hard earned.
Gearbox Studios say "We've chosen epic store so we can offer better value for money for our customers" what they really mean is we charge even more money for this pos and because Epic take a smaller cut we make even more money from these sheep. £50 for the basic game is £20 too much. I might spend £50 if it was for the full game with all DLC packs and tbh the last borderlands was so poor compared to its predecessors, i expect this will only get worse
PFFFFF, wont be giving these money grabbers any of my hard earned.
Gearbox Studios say "We've chosen epic store so we can offer better value for money for our customers" what they really mean is we charge even more money for this pos and because Epic take a smaller cut we make even more money from these sheep. £50 for the basic game is £20 too much. I might spend £50 if it was for the full game with all DLC packs and tbh the last borderlands was so poor compared to its predecessors, i expect this will only get worse
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#5705243 Posted on: 08/28/2019 10:03 PM
Maybe they want to recover from damage done to franchise name.
On a serious note, odd change of pace. Borderlands 2 for example seemed to be more of a Nvidia title (particularly because of PhysX support).
Maybe they want to recover from damage done to franchise name.
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#5705247 Posted on: 08/28/2019 10:10 PM
Not sure how supporting AMD hardware would do that? And as far as I can see, the Borderlands franchise is still pretty strong - it's still the gold standard for looter-shooters.
Maybe they want to recover from damage done to franchise name.
Not sure how supporting AMD hardware would do that? And as far as I can see, the Borderlands franchise is still pretty strong - it's still the gold standard for looter-shooters.
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#5705250 Posted on: 08/28/2019 10:22 PM
Man I love when my old 2600k/gtx1060 is still up there in recommended!...."kind of"...
Man I love when my old 2600k/gtx1060 is still up there in recommended!...."kind of"...
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#5705255 Posted on: 08/28/2019 10:32 PM
Waiting for next year Steam release with all bugs fix and doc at same price.
Waiting for next year Steam release with all bugs fix and doc at same price.
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#5705256 Posted on: 08/28/2019 10:44 PM
Well, have you read steam reviews for previous Borderlands?
Large quantity of negative reviews focus on poor performance/stuttering or PR behavior.
"I love borderlands, and i loved the first game, but this... Its just a broken mess. Installed it to try, everything lags, even my cursor in the menu. Turning, jumping, it all was terrible for me. And that was when playing in solo. Tried it with a friend and ping paired with the constant and inescapable game issues made it literally unplayable."
"This game is fantastic from what I've played so far. Unfortunately however, the STEAM version of this game has a memory leak that may affect you. The retail version on the other hand does not."
"Before you play more than 2 hours, see if your frames are dropping more and more if you play. If so, refund the game or try one of the various fixes online including deleting your 3D Vision Drivers (Not needed) and verifying your game cache, both of which did not work for me."
"For me, the framerate would start at 150 and slowly go down until about 15 frames where I would restart the game. This was staying in one place not moving at all."
- - - -
Optimizing via AMD's toolkit means higher fps, better IQ, no useless effects that break things. They can fix PR behavior on their own, but having comfy gameplay experience is something they apparently needed help with.
Not sure how supporting AMD hardware would do that? And as far as I can see, the Borderlands franchise is still pretty strong - it's still the gold standard for looter-shooters.
Well, have you read steam reviews for previous Borderlands?
Large quantity of negative reviews focus on poor performance/stuttering or PR behavior.
"I love borderlands, and i loved the first game, but this... Its just a broken mess. Installed it to try, everything lags, even my cursor in the menu. Turning, jumping, it all was terrible for me. And that was when playing in solo. Tried it with a friend and ping paired with the constant and inescapable game issues made it literally unplayable."
"This game is fantastic from what I've played so far. Unfortunately however, the STEAM version of this game has a memory leak that may affect you. The retail version on the other hand does not."
"Before you play more than 2 hours, see if your frames are dropping more and more if you play. If so, refund the game or try one of the various fixes online including deleting your 3D Vision Drivers (Not needed) and verifying your game cache, both of which did not work for me."
"For me, the framerate would start at 150 and slowly go down until about 15 frames where I would restart the game. This was staying in one place not moving at all."
- - - -
Optimizing via AMD's toolkit means higher fps, better IQ, no useless effects that break things. They can fix PR behavior on their own, but having comfy gameplay experience is something they apparently needed help with.
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#5705269 Posted on: 08/28/2019 11:57 PM
Or in other words, it doesn't offer anything for Nvidia users. I hope it's not buggy on Nvidia (or AMD), otherwise it's going to be refunds on mass.
Optimizing via AMD's toolkit means higher fps, better IQ, no useless effects that break things. They can fix PR behavior on their own, but having comfy gameplay experience is something they apparently needed help with.
Or in other words, it doesn't offer anything for Nvidia users. I hope it's not buggy on Nvidia (or AMD), otherwise it's going to be refunds on mass.
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#5705280 Posted on: 08/29/2019 12:44 AM
Well, have you read steam reviews for previous Borderlands?
Large quantity of negative reviews focus on poor performance/stuttering or PR behavior.
"I love borderlands, and i loved the first game, but this... Its just a broken mess. Installed it to try, everything lags, even my cursor in the menu. Turning, jumping, it all was terrible for me. And that was when playing in solo. Tried it with a friend and ping paired with the constant and inescapable game issues made it literally unplayable."
"This game is fantastic from what I've played so far. Unfortunately however, the STEAM version of this game has a memory leak that may affect you. The retail version on the other hand does not."
"Before you play more than 2 hours, see if your frames are dropping more and more if you play. If so, refund the game or try one of the various fixes online including deleting your 3D Vision Drivers (Not needed) and verifying your game cache, both of which did not work for me."
"For me, the framerate would start at 150 and slowly go down until about 15 frames where I would restart the game. This was staying in one place not moving at all."
- - - -
Optimizing via AMD's toolkit means higher fps, better IQ, no useless effects that break things. They can fix PR behavior on their own, but having comfy gameplay experience is something they apparently needed help with.
No, I haven't seen such reviews. Kind of surprised to hear about them - I haven't encountered any such memory leaks myself, and I've put in over 800 hours into BL2. I've encountered far more crippling issues with other games *cough*Bethesda*cough*. Maybe it's because I played with an Nvidia GPU? (although I recently played BL2 again for the free DLC using a Vega 11 iGPU and it ran surprisingly well).
Well, have you read steam reviews for previous Borderlands?
Large quantity of negative reviews focus on poor performance/stuttering or PR behavior.
"I love borderlands, and i loved the first game, but this... Its just a broken mess. Installed it to try, everything lags, even my cursor in the menu. Turning, jumping, it all was terrible for me. And that was when playing in solo. Tried it with a friend and ping paired with the constant and inescapable game issues made it literally unplayable."
"This game is fantastic from what I've played so far. Unfortunately however, the STEAM version of this game has a memory leak that may affect you. The retail version on the other hand does not."
"Before you play more than 2 hours, see if your frames are dropping more and more if you play. If so, refund the game or try one of the various fixes online including deleting your 3D Vision Drivers (Not needed) and verifying your game cache, both of which did not work for me."
"For me, the framerate would start at 150 and slowly go down until about 15 frames where I would restart the game. This was staying in one place not moving at all."
- - - -
Optimizing via AMD's toolkit means higher fps, better IQ, no useless effects that break things. They can fix PR behavior on their own, but having comfy gameplay experience is something they apparently needed help with.
No, I haven't seen such reviews. Kind of surprised to hear about them - I haven't encountered any such memory leaks myself, and I've put in over 800 hours into BL2. I've encountered far more crippling issues with other games *cough*Bethesda*cough*. Maybe it's because I played with an Nvidia GPU? (although I recently played BL2 again for the free DLC using a Vega 11 iGPU and it ran surprisingly well).
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#5705282 Posted on: 08/29/2019 01:00 AM
If you got it at 4.6-4.7 your golden.
Man I love when my old 2600k/gtx1060 is still up there in recommended!...."kind of"...
If you got it at 4.6-4.7 your golden.
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#5705339 Posted on: 08/29/2019 07:17 AM
I read these posts and kinda makes my eyes water. I wish it was the old days , brought the disc, no internet needed, no need to join any type of media and ..... Games, hey!
Fcuk it, gonna start getting the monopoly board out and talk to real people
I read these posts and kinda makes my eyes water. I wish it was the old days , brought the disc, no internet needed, no need to join any type of media and ..... Games, hey!
Fcuk it, gonna start getting the monopoly board out and talk to real people
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#5705421 Posted on: 08/29/2019 11:02 AM
the problems with borderlands 2 were mostly :
- people activated physx feature when it destroyed fps, you could turn it off or keep it to a minimum
- nvidia drivers had a weird impact on the game I remember going back a few numbers because the latest ones reduces my fps by like 20fps or introduced stuttering, frametimes weren't discussed much or known back then but I'm pretty sure they must have been bad because 90fps looked like 15 sometimes
that kind of reviews "game doesnt launch on my computer" "I cannot play" etc.. are usually specific to this person's computer, you should never care about them unless there's a majority of comments going the same way
other than that the game was superior in every way to the 1st one, and I hope it'll be the same with this one
I wouldn't pre-order or buy it at release tough we are in 2019 p2w micro-transactions are introduced after the game release, "things" like anthem or f76 get released I'll wait for a while, maybe even till steam release
if it's the same DLC policy as BL2 I'll be happy to pay for DLCs, because in 2019 it's the best we can hope for
(p.s. game doesn't seem to have a sniper class ? if no this sucks I always played those, maybe then they'll add one as dlc like the presequel)
the problems with borderlands 2 were mostly :
- people activated physx feature when it destroyed fps, you could turn it off or keep it to a minimum
- nvidia drivers had a weird impact on the game I remember going back a few numbers because the latest ones reduces my fps by like 20fps or introduced stuttering, frametimes weren't discussed much or known back then but I'm pretty sure they must have been bad because 90fps looked like 15 sometimes
that kind of reviews "game doesnt launch on my computer" "I cannot play" etc.. are usually specific to this person's computer, you should never care about them unless there's a majority of comments going the same way
other than that the game was superior in every way to the 1st one, and I hope it'll be the same with this one
I wouldn't pre-order or buy it at release tough we are in 2019 p2w micro-transactions are introduced after the game release, "things" like anthem or f76 get released I'll wait for a while, maybe even till steam release
if it's the same DLC policy as BL2 I'll be happy to pay for DLCs, because in 2019 it's the best we can hope for
(p.s. game doesn't seem to have a sniper class ? if no this sucks I always played those, maybe then they'll add one as dlc like the presequel)
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#5705423 Posted on: 08/29/2019 11:14 AM
Borderlands 2 has 126K reviews with an "Overwhelmingly Positive" average on Steam. Pre-Sequel has 18K reviews with a "Very Positive" average.
You can cherry-pick a few bad quotes to support any argument you want to make, but Borderlands has a fantastic reputation on PC. TotalBiscuit even made a video praising BL2 for having one of the best PC options menus he had ever seen, and encouraged other PC Developers to look at it as an example of a PC port done right.
Maybe they want to recover from damage done to franchise name.
Borderlands 2 has 126K reviews with an "Overwhelmingly Positive" average on Steam. Pre-Sequel has 18K reviews with a "Very Positive" average.
You can cherry-pick a few bad quotes to support any argument you want to make, but Borderlands has a fantastic reputation on PC. TotalBiscuit even made a video praising BL2 for having one of the best PC options menus he had ever seen, and encouraged other PC Developers to look at it as an example of a PC port done right.
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#5705424 Posted on: 08/29/2019 11:16 AM
first borderlands game im not going to get
got them all with all DLCs
first borderlands game im not going to get
got them all with all DLCs
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