Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel — System Requirements, FPS Estimate & Settings
2014 · Shooter, Action, RPG · Aspyr Media · Metacritic 75
Official system requirements
Publisher-published Minimum / Recommended values via RAWG, retrieved 2026-08-21. Real-world performance varies with drivers, resolution and your full build.
| Spec | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Minimum: | Recommended: |
| Processor | OS: Windows XP SP3 | OS: Windows XP SP3/Vista/Win 7/Win 8 |
| Memory | Processor: 2.4 GHz Dual Core Processor | Processor: 2.3 GHz Quad Core processor |
| Graphics | Memory: 2048 MB RAM | Memory: 2048 MB RAM |
| Storage | Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 / ATI Radeon HD 2600 | Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 / ATI Radeon HD 5850 |
| DirectX | DirectX: Version 9.0 | DirectX: Version 10 |
| Item 7 | Storage: 13 GB available space | Storage: 20 GB available space |
| Item 8 | Sound Card: DirectX 9 Compliant | Sound Card: DirectX 9.0 c Compliant |
Multi-GPU FPS estimate
Estimated average FPS by GPU at 1080p / 1440p / 4K, derived from Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel's demand tier (tier 4, Moderate (mainstream GPU)) and published TechPowerUp-style relative-performance indices (RTX 4090 = 100), retrieved 2026-08-29. Planning estimates, not benchmarks.
| GPU | 1080p | 1440p | 4K |
|---|---|---|---|
| RTX 4090 | 202 | 133 | 77 |
| RTX 4080 Super | 181 | 119 | 69 |
| RTX 4080 | 174 | 115 | 66 |
| RX 7900 XTX | 193 | 128 | 73 |
| RX 7900 XT | 181 | 119 | 69 |
| RTX 4070 Ti Super | 154 | 102 | 59 |
| RX 7800 XT | 154 | 102 | 59 |
| RTX 4070 Super | 145 | 96 | 55 |
| RTX 4070 | 136 | 90 | 52 |
| RX 7700 XT | 140 | 92 | 53 |
| RTX 3070 | 127 | 84 | 48 |
| RX 6800 XT | 153 | 101 | 58 |
| RTX 4060 Ti | 112 | 74 | 43 |
| RX 6700 XT | 136 | 90 | 52 |
| RTX 3060 | 102 | 68 | 39 |
| RX 6600 XT | 116 | 76 | 44 |
| RTX 2060 | 93 | 61 | 35 |
| GTX 1660 Super | 77 | 51 | 29 |
| RX 580 | 89 | 59 | 34 |
| GTX 1060 6GB | 73 | 48 | 28 |
| GTX 1650 | 58 | 38 | 22 |
| Intel Arc A770 | 118 | 78 | 45 |
| UHD 770 (integrated) | 24 | 16 | 9 |
Method: a game's demand tier maps to a “GPU index needed for ~60 FPS at 1080p”; each GPU's relative index produces an estimate via a diminishing-returns curve, then scaled for resolution. Source: TechPowerUp GPU database (relative performance), 2026-08-29.
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Release & version notes
Official release date: 2014-10-13. Ongoing patches and version history are published by the developer — for the latest patch notes, see the official store or support page. GameFigs summarizes the official release only and does not invent patch dates.
About Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
The game belongs to the Borderlands game line, its action takes place between the events of Borderlands and Borderlands 2. Everything happens on the moon of Pandora - Elpis. The story tells about the formation of Hyperion Corporation and the fate of its head - Handsome Jack, whom we meet while in the role of a simple programmer who dreams to find some valuable artifact. In the game there are various innovations - in the plot, in the characters, in the scenarios of missions and in the setting. For example, on the Pandora satellite, gravity is much weaker, but there is no oxygen at all. Therefore, the task of obtaining oxygen becomes very important for everyone. Moreover, oxygen is needed not only for breathing, but also for the functioning of personal jetpacks and long high jumps. In the game there is another additional story and downloadable content, including new characters and story campaigns.
Sources & attribution
- Game data (release year, genres, platforms, system requirements, description, cover art) via RAWG.io, retrieved 2026-08-21.
- GPU relative-performance indices via TechPowerUp GPU database (relative performance), retrieved 2026-08-29.
- FPS estimates on this page are GameFigs planning estimates from the demand-tier + GPU-index model — not benchmark results.
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