All of Gearbox Software’s titles have always looked great without needing a monster of a rig, and Borderlands 3 just adds to the list. The game’s official minimum and recommended requirements have been published on the official website.
Here are the minimum and recommended requirements for 1080p and 1440p respectively:
Minimum specs for 1080p:
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 for 1440p:
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
Gearbox has also gone all-out on graphics settings this time, with loads of visual options as below:
Basic
General
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 blasts onto PC, PS4, Xbox One and Stadia this September 13.