Borderlands 4 Optimized PC Settings

Basic

Display Mode

Fullscreen

While Windowed Fullscreen is usually preferred, it can prevent players from using their native resolution.

Resolution

Native

Use the maximum/native resolution that your display supports to enjoy crisp visuals, without any blurriness.

Limit Frame Rate

Off

The goal of these Borderlands 4 best settings is to squeeze as much performance out of your system as we can for Borderlands 4, so the limit FPS feature is just going to hinder it.

Vertical Sync

Off

It'll introduce increased latency to the game, which isn't ideal considering the fast-paced action of the game.

Field of View

Personal Preference

Both the character and vehicle FOV can be adjusted according to your preference. However, maxing them out can negatively affect performance a bit.

Vehicle Field of View

Advanced

Graphics Preset

Custom

We'll tweak individual settings, so there's no need to use a static graphical preset.

Anti-Aliasing

Disabled

We'll be using AI upscalers, so this option won't be available. If you aren't using them, feel free to turn them on.

Upscaling Method

FSR/DLSS

For Nvidia RTX series GPU users, the DLSS option is the way to go. For AMD GPU users and others, FSR will be the best option.

Upscaling Quality

Balanced

You'll optimize Borderlands 4 the most by switching upscaling quality to Balanced, as it's a sweet spot between good texture resolution and performance.

Spatial Upscaling Quality

Disabled

This option activates only with TSR. Since we're prioritizing DLSS and FSR, this option will be disabled.

Frame Generation

Enabled

This option is currently only available with DLSS, i.e., users with Nvidia RTX 40 Series cards or above. However, you can check out our guide on how to enable Frame Gen for all GPUs.

Nvidia Low Latency

Enabled

If you own an Nvidia RTX 30 series GPU or lower, this option is great for reducing input latency.

HLOD Loading Range

Far

Anything less than Far will introduce a visible texture pop-in issue.

Geometry Quality

Medium

Lowering Geometry Quality gives a decent performance boost, in exchange for reducing insignificant details from character models and environments.

Texture Quality

Depends on GPU VRAM

8GB VRAM: Medium, 10GB+ VRAM: High-Very High

Textures Streaming Speed

High

This will further increase the texture loading speed in various areas of the game, reducing instances of texture pop-ins.

Anisotropic Filtering Quality

16x

This is one of the best Borderland 4 settings to improve the clarity of textures with minimal impact on Borderland 4's performance.

Foliage Density

Medium

It has a heavy impact on performance, especially in outdoor areas with a lot of grass. Best keep it at medium.

Volumetric Fog

Medium

Impacts the foggy sections of the game's world. High may look the best among presets, but exacts a great toll on performance. Medium is the best optimized preset in this regard.

Volumetric Cloud

Low

Clouds aren't something many players will stop and look at in the game, so best to keep this setting at low.

Shadow Quality

Medium

Shadows also impact the performance quite a lot; medium is the sweet spot.

Directional Shadow Quality

The same goes for directional shadow quality as well.

Volumetric Cloud Shadows

Disabled

Impacts the game's performance on the GPU quite a lot. So, for the best optimized settings, it's best to leave it off for Borderlands 4.

Lighting Quality

Medium-High

Depending on how much performance you can spare, high seems to be the best preset here with minimal loss of lighting quality. However, feel free to switch to medium to gain FPS.

Reflections Quality

High

This setting activates when you're around reflective surfaces in Borderlands 4, especially indoors. High can be a bit taxing, but produces the best quality of reflections. However, you can turn this to low to gain more FPS.

Shading Quality

Medium

Impacts several in-game textures, and medium is the best preset for it.

Post Processing Quality

Very High

Since the goal is to figure out the best settings for Borderlands 4 on PC, it's best to keep the Post Processing quality to very high. This is due to the fact that it doesn't significantly impact FPS.

Motion Blur

Off

Distorts in-game visuals, especially in gunfights.