Can I Run Borderlands 3?
Borderlands 3 is an action role playing game from Gearbox Software, released in 2020. 2K published it. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. It is localised into 11 languages according to the store listing. Its Metacritic score stands at 81. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page. With more than 127 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. Being 6 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. There are 81 achievements to chase. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | AMD FX-8350 or Intel i5-3570 |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon™ HD 7970 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2 GB |
| RAM | 6 GB |
| Storage | 75 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen™ 5 2600 (Intel i7-4770) |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon™ RX 590 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 75 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
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Setting and environment
Borderlands 3 structures its play around one continuous open world. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Borderlands 3 can never assume the player will stop and let it load. 8 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. Play is presented from a first person view.
Why Borderlands 3 is demanding
The ask Borderlands 3 makes is moderate. AMD Radeon RX 590 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. DirectX 12 is named, so Borderlands 3 expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one. Disk footprint is light, near 75 GB. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Borderlands 3?
Borderlands 3 targets a mainstream modern PC: AMD Radeon™ HD 7970 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2 GB and 6 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to AMD Radeon™ RX 590 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Large install. Borderlands 3 needs about 75 GB of HDD of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.73x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 0.98x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.43x |
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 | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Borderlands 3'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 3?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Borderlands 3?
The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD FX-8350 or Intel i5-3570; GPU: AMD Radeon™ HD 7970 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2 GB; 6 GB RAM.
How much storage does Borderlands 3 need?
Borderlands 3 needs about 75 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Borderlands 3?
The RTX 3060 runs Borderlands 3 comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Borderlands 3?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Borderlands 3 is the GPU.