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I tested Borderlands 4 with an RTX 4070 and Core i7 11700, and it runs badly
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Running Borderlands 4 on an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 and Intel Core i7 11700 CPU, with medium settings and DLSS, gets you 53fps at 1440p.
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While it's now far from uncommon for a game to struggle with performance issues at launch, Borderlands 4 finds itself in a unique position. This is because, rather than developer Gearbox committing to just fixing the reported issues, its CEO, Randy Pitchford, is busy making bold claims about gamers and PC hardware on social media, while also using customer service data to deny that the issue is widespread. Well, I finally had the chance to give Borderlands 4 a go on PC using our RTX 4070 testing rig, which we use to benchmark all the latest releases, and my experience was far from positive. Taking Randy's claims about gamers expecting to run super high graphics on low-spec PCs into consideration, I only ran the game on the medium graphics preset, while presenting my data and general experience. Our Intel Core i7 11700 test rig may not use the best graphics card or CPU, but it's still a very capable gaming PC, often running the latest releases at the high preset with decent frame rates at 1080p and 1440p.
Read the full story on PCGamesN: I tested Borderlands 4 with an RTX 4070 and Core i7 11700, and it runs badly
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While it's now far from uncommon for a game to struggle with performance issues at launch, Borderlands 4 finds itself in a unique position. This is because, rather than developer Gearbox committing to just fixing the reported issues, its CEO, Randy Pitchford, is busy making bold claims about gamers and PC hardware on social media, while also using customer service data to deny that the issue is widespread. Well, I finally had the chance to give Borderlands 4 a go on PC using our RTX 4070 testing rig, which we use to benchmark all the latest releases, and my experience was far from positive. Taking Randy's claims about gamers expecting to run super high graphics on low-spec PCs into consideration, I only ran the game on the medium graphics preset, while presenting my data and general experience. Our Intel Core i7 11700 test rig may not use the best graphics card or CPU, but it's still a very capable gaming PC, often running the latest releases at the high preset with decent frame rates at 1080p and 1440p. Read the full story on PCGamesN: I tested Borderlands 4 with an RTX 4070 and Core i7 11700, and it runs badly
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19 September 2025, 3:02 pm
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Niall Walsh
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title: I tested Borderlands 4 with an RTX 4070 and Core i7 11700, and it runs badly
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Running Borderlands 4 on an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 and Intel Core i7 11700 CPU, with medium settings and DLSS, gets you 53fps at 1440p.
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While it's now far from uncommon for a game to struggle with performance issues at launch, Borderlands 4 finds itself in a unique position. This is because, rather than developer Gearbox committing to just fixing the reported issues, its CEO, Randy Pitchford, is busy making bold claims about gamers and PC hardware on social media, while also using customer service data to deny that the issue is widespread. Well, I finally had the chance to give Borderlands 4 a go on PC using our RTX 4070 testing rig, which we use to benchmark all the latest releases, and my experience was far from positive. Taking Randy's claims about gamers expecting to run super high graphics on low-spec PCs into consideration, I only ran the game on the medium graphics preset, while presenting my data and general experience. Our Intel Core i7 11700 test rig may not use the best graphics card or CPU, but it's still a very capable gaming PC, often running the latest releases at the high preset with decent frame rates at 1080p and 1440p.
Read the full story on PCGamesN: I tested Borderlands 4 with an RTX 4070 and Core i7 11700, and it runs badly
content_text: While it's now far from uncommon for a game to struggle with performance issues at launch, Borderlands 4 finds itself in a unique position. This is because, rather than developer Gearbox committing to just fixing the reported issues, its CEO, Randy Pitchford, is busy making bold claims about gamers and PC hardware on social media, while also using customer service data to deny that the issue is widespread. Well, I finally had the chance to give Borderlands 4 a go on PC using our RTX 4070 testing rig, which we use to benchmark all the latest releases, and my experience was far from positive. Taking Randy's claims about gamers expecting to run super high graphics on low-spec PCs into consideration, I only ran the game on the medium graphics preset, while presenting my data and general experience. Our Intel Core i7 11700 test rig may not use the best graphics card or CPU, but it's still a very capable gaming PC, often running the latest releases at the high preset with decent frame rates at 1080p and 1440p. Read the full story on PCGamesN: I tested Borderlands 4 with an RTX 4070 and Core i7 11700, and it runs badly
pub_date: 19 September 2025, 3:02 pm
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creator: Niall Walsh
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