Can I Run Borderlands?
Released in 2025, Borderlands is an action adventure game built by Gearbox Software. Publishing duties went to 2K. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. Over 56 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. Metacritic places it at 81. Controller support is partial, so some input still falls back to the keyboard. As a new title, the figures below were written against parts you can still buy. There are 52 achievements to chase. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page. The game ships for Windows alone. It is localised into 14 languages according to the store listing.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-9700 / AMD Ryzen 7 2700X |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 / AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT / Intel Arc A580 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 100 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10 / Windows 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-12700 / AMD Ryzen 7 5800X |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 / AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT / Intel Arc B580 |
| RAM | 32 GB |
| Storage | 100 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10 / Windows 11 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a science fiction setting, moving through one continuous open world. That openness is what costs performance. Borderlands has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves. It is played from a first person view. The publisher supplies 17 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Borderlands is demanding
The graphics demand in Borderlands is at the top end. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 / AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT / Intel Arc B580 outscores our RTX 3060 reference, and a machine that clears Borderlands comfortably will clear most other things. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Borderlands at the floor and Borderlands at the recommended tier are not the same experience. At 32 GB, the RAM requirement is the one most likely to catch an otherwise capable PC out. Budget around 100 GB of storage for Borderlands, and it must be an SSD. Windows 11 appears in the requirements, which is worth checking before buying Borderlands.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Borderlands?
Borderlands is one of the more demanding games on PC. To reach its recommended tier you'll want a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 / AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT / Intel Arc B580-class graphics card, with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 / AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT / Intel Arc A580 the floor just to launch at minimum settings. Plan for a recent high-end GPU rather than a mainstream one.
Bottleneck: RAM
Borderline on RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. If you are buying today, plan a modest upgrade to system RAM to be comfortable, otherwise it is worth waiting for a better price or a stronger build.
Large install. Borderlands needs about 100 GB of SSD of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Below the bar | 0.64x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.36x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.16x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Playable |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Playable |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Playable |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Playable |
Each card is compared against Borderlands's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Can my PC run Borderlands?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Borderlands?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i7-9700 / AMD Ryzen 7 2700X; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 / AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT / Intel Arc A580; 16 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 / Windows 11.
How much storage does Borderlands need?
Borderlands needs about 100 GB of SSD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Borderlands?
The RTX 3060 can run Borderlands: it sits around the minimum GPU requirement, so expect to manage settings.
What is the bottleneck for Borderlands?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Borderlands is the RAM.