Gearbox releases Borderlands 3’s PC system requirements
Gearbox releases Borderlands 3’s PC system requirements
Gearbox has reconfirmed that the company will be working with AMD to optimise their game for both Ryzen and Radeon hardware. This partnership will bring DirectX 12 support to the game alongside support for FidelityFX.Â
On the CPU-side, gamers will be able to make use of older processors such as the AMD FX-8350 or Intel’s i5-3570, and graphics cards as old as AMD’s Radeon HD 7970 or Nvidia’s GTX 680. These hardware specs make up Borderlands 3’s minimum hardware requirements for 1080p gaming.Â
Gearbox recommends that PC players for Borderlands 3 use higher-end hardware. Below, AMD’s Ryzen 5 2600 and Intel’s i7-4770 are listed as recommended processors, pairing them with 16GB of system memory and a Radeon RX 590 graphics card or Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB graphics card.Â
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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
Below are all of the known graphics settings for Borderlands 3, which will offer PC gamers resolution scaling options, framerate cap options, FOV adjustment and support for a variety of options for graphics tweaking.Â
Gearbox has stated that this is the “complete list” of visuals options that will be available to Borderlands 3 players.Â
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
– Update –
AMD has confirmed that Borderlands 3 will support FreeSync 2, FidelityFX, and Asynchronous Compute in DirectX 12 mode.Â
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