"Some need to learn how their PCs work" — Borderlands 4 head fires back as optimal settings for 68 GPUs released

Gamers play the Borderlands 4 video game during the Gamescom video games trade fair at the Trade Fair Center in Cologne, western Germany, on August 21, 2025.

Borderlands 4, the latest looter-shooter in the beloved series from Gearbox Software, launched on September 11, 2025. Less than a week later, it's sitting at a "Mixed" review score on Steam with more than 16,500 entries. The prevailing issue forcing the review score down? Dreadful PC optimization.

The game's developer has now released a couple of lengthy PC optimization guides for both NVIDIA and AMD GPUs (via Videocardz). There are 68 different GPUs listed, with optimal settings for 1080p, 1440p, and 4K resolutions. NVIDIA's cards range from the RTX 2070 to the mighty RTX 5090, while AMD's cards range from the RX 5700 XT to the RX 9070 XT.