Borderlands 3 System Requirements: Can You Run It?

Your gaming PC configuration

Developer:: Gearbox Software
Publisher:: 2K Games
Release date:: 13 September 2019 (4 years old)
Our user score:: 4.3 / 5 (320 votes)

Official Borderlands 3 system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run Borderlands 3 at minimal and recommended settings. Although these requirements are usually approximate, they can still be used to determine the indicative hardware tier needed to play the game.

Minimum requirements

Graphics card:: AMD Radeon™ HD 7970 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2 GB

CPU:: AMD FX-8350 or Intel i5-3570

Memory:: 6 GB RAM

File size:: 75 GB available space

Operating system:: Windows 7/10 (latest service pack) (64-bit)

DirectX:: Version 11

Recommended requirements

Graphics card:: AMD Radeon™ RX 590 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

CPU:: AMD Ryzen™ 5 2600 (Intel i7-4770)

Memory:: 16 GB RAM

File size:: 75 GB available space

Operating system:: Windows 7/10 (latest service pack) (64-bit)

DirectX:: Version 12

Borderlands 3 performance on your PC

Borderlands 3 performance with your GPU

GeForce RTX 3060's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

RTX 3060

minimum
GeForce GTX 680

recommended
Radeon RX 590

30 fps @ low
1280×720

60 fps @ medium
1920×1080

60 fps @ high
1920×1080

60 fps @ ultra
1920×1080

60 fps @ QHD
2560×1440

60 fps @ epic
3840×2160

Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions

Borderlands 3 FPS calculator: average frames per second in Borderlands 3 on GeForce RTX 3060 (in real tests). Frames per second may vary based on operating system and other factors.

low settings / 720p

156 FPS

medium settings / 1080p

139 FPS

high settings / 1080p

103 FPS

ultra settings / 1080p

79 FPS

QHD / 1440p

58 FPS

4K / 2160p

32 FPS