Borderlands 2 System Requirements

The Borderlands 2 system requirements include a minimum CPU equivalent to an Intel Core 2 Duo T7700. But, the developers recommend a CPU greater or equal to an Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 to play the game at its best. You will need a minimum of 2 GB RAM, but we would recommend at least 4. The lowest end graphics card you can play it on is equivalent to an ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO, but a GTX 560 or better is recommended. You will need at least 13 GB of free disk space to install Borderlands 2. 

Borderlands 2 Performance Guide

Thanks to its cartoony, cel-shaded graphical style, Borderlands 2 was never too rough on systems. However, if you are experiencing performance issues, there are plenty of settings to tweak. 

• Turning off Depth of Field in the options is a good move whether you’re having issues or not, as the visual effect can make iron-sight aiming harder than it needs to be. 
• Turning off ambient occlusion and vsync will also make noticeable improvements to performance, and if you’re not using a Nvidia GPU, make sure to turn off PhysX effects. Setting Foliage Distance and View Distance to Near can also have a large impact on performance, particularly in open-world environments. 
• If none of these tweaks solve your problem, you can go further. Find the file “config.ini” in the game folder, and open it as a text document. In this document you can change settings by changing them from “true” to “false”. Dynamic shadows, light shafts, distortion, the black outlines and cel shaders can all be turned off. Finally you can change the level of environmental detail by reducing the “DetailMode” to 1 or 0.

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Borderlands 2 will run on PC system with Windows XP SP3 and upwards. Additionally it has Mac and Linux versions.

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Borderlands 2 FPS - what frame rate can you expect?

How many FPS will I get on Borderlands 2? We reference thousands of reports from PCGameBenchmark users running our FPS tracking app to tell you exactly how Borderlands 2 performs across a range of different settings and resolutions on the most popular PC gaming setups.

What frame rate does Borderlands 2 run at?

Avg FPS	CPU	GPU	RAM
84	Intel Core i5-3470	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650	16 GB
51	Intel Core i5-10400F	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650	32 GB
42	Intel Core i7-6820HQ	NVIDIA Quadro M1000M	16 GB
34	Intel Core i3-7020U	Intel HD Graphics 620	8 GB
18	Intel Pentium Silver N5030	Intel UHD 605	4 GB

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