Can I Run Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel?
Released in 2014, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is an action role playing game built by 2K Australia. Publishing duties went to 2K. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. It is old enough that no current GPU generation existed when it shipped, so modern hardware tends to be far past what it can use. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Its Steam review count passes 32 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. It carries 63 achievements. Its Metacritic score stands at 75. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. It is not Windows only, with macOS and Linux covered too. It is localised into 8 languages according to the store listing.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 2.4 GHz Dual Core Processor |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce 8500 / ATI Radeon HD 2600 |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 13 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 9.0 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | 2.3 GHz Quad Core processor |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 / ATI Radeon HD 5850 |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 10 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in space and the vessels that cross it. Play is structured around one continuous open world. The publisher supplies 8 storefront screenshots of these environments. That openness is what costs performance. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves. Play is presented from a first person view.
Why Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is demanding
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel takes about 20 GB of disk space. System memory expectations are modest at 2 GB. It targets DirectX 10, an older feature level that almost anything still running will satisfy.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel?
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 / ATI Radeon HD 2600 and 2 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 / ATI Radeon HD 5850 for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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Can my PC run Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 2.4 GHz Dual Core Processor; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 / ATI Radeon HD 2600; 2 GB RAM.
How much storage does Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel need?
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel needs about 13 GB of HDD storage.
What is the bottleneck for Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is the CPU.