The PC specs for Borderlands 3 have been revealed

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Borderlands 3’s launch date is just on the horizon and, ahead of the September 13th release date, Gearbox has dropped the official specs for all PC versions of the game.

Fans will be pleased to know that you won’t need the most powerful rig out there in order to enjoy Borderlands 3. Although nobody’s stopping you from building a PC out of the best parts you can find, either.

You can find the minimum requirements and recommended specs below in a handy image courtesy of Gearbox but, just in case you can’t read the image or just enjoy scrolling down articles, we’ve written them in plain text beneath, too.

Image source: Borderlands.

The minimum specs for the crisp 1080p experience are:

  • 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: 75GB

However, if you want to experience Borderlands 3 in all its 1440p glory, then the recommended specs are as follows:

  • 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: 75GB

While that’s all for specs, there’s also a million and one graphics settings available in-game. Below you’ll find a complete list of all the in-game graphics options that you’ll be able to mess with to your heart’s content.

With this list, you can even start planning out just how much foliage and terrain detail you want right now.

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 is out on September 13th, 2019. It’ll be available on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Windows PC.

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