Best Settings for RTX 5090, 5070, 5070 Ti, 4090, 4070, 4070 Ti

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Best Settings for RTX 5090, 5070, 5070 Ti, 4090, 4070, 4070 Ti

Borderlands 4 is the upcoming entry in the Borderlands franchise, and should be quite a treat for the fan base. Interestingly, Gearbox Software has decided to switch on over to Unreal Engine 5 this time around, which could complicate performance a bit.

As such, there might be a few issues with the game running on Nvidia’s latest and greatest RTX 5000 series, given the rather demanding nature of the game engine. The game is still a few months out, but we can most certainly speculate on its requirements and settings.

Why optimizing settings matters in Borderlands 4

Borderlands 4 has been confirmed to be an Unreal Engine 5-based title, which can be a bit concerning. Unreal Engine games are infamous for their poor performance, which seems to be getting worse with each iterative update.

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4 is built on top of Unreal Engine 5 | Image Credits: Gearbox Software

This, coupled with the very likely possibility that Borderlands 4 might be poorly optimized at launch (a trend we are all too familiar with respect to modern PC ports), means that most gamers might have a hard time running it on their systems.

This should hold true for even the RTX 5090 and RTX 4090, wherein certain settings can potentially ******* performance. However, given that the game isn’t out yet, keep in mind that the sections below are based on speculation and some form of educated guesses.

System requirements for Borderlands 4

Here are the projected PC system requirements for Borderlands 4:

Minimum

• Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit
• CPU: Intel Core i5-8600K or an AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super or an AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
• DirectX: Version 12
• A fast, NVMe based SSD will be required.

Recommended 

• Operating System: Windows 11 64-bit
• CPU: Intel Core i5-12400F or an AMD Ryzen 5 5700X
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 or an AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
• DirectX: Version 12
• A fast, NVMe based SSD will be required.

These estimated PC system requirements could change on launch, so keep this in mind. As an Unreal Engine 5 title, Borderlands 4 should have access to modern upscaling and rendering techniques, such as FSR, DLSS and frame generation. It should also have access to hardware-based ray tracing.

However, the stylized nature of its visuals means that it should be far less demanding when compared to other Unreal Engine 5 titles. 

Best settings for RTX 5090, 5070 Ti and 5070 in Borderlands 4

Here are the best settings for these RTX 5000 class GPUs:

• Texture Quality: High or Very high
• Shadow Quality: Medium
• Anti-Aliasing: Medium
• Depth of Field and Motion Blur: User preference
• Lighting: High
• Global Illumination: High
• Ray Tracing: Enabled for the RTX 5090; disabled otherwise
• DLSS: Enabled
• Upscaling: Quality
• Frame Generation: On; but keep in mind that this could induce some additional latency.

These settings should be enough for 4K gaming at a minimum of 60 FPS. Turning off ray tracing and pushing DLSS to Performance should help break the 60 FPS barrier quite easily. While Borderlands 4 will support 4K out of the box, its support for ultrawide resolutions remains to be seen.

Best settings for RTX 4090, 4070 Ti and 4070 in Borderlands 4

Here are the best settings for these RTX 4000 class GPUs:

• Texture Quality: High
• Shadow Quality: Medium
• Anti-Aliasing: Low
• Depth of Field and Motion Blur: User preference
• Lighting: High
• Global Illumination: Medium
• Ray Tracing: Enabled for the RTX 4090; disabled otherwise
• DLSS: Enabled
• Upscaling: Balanced
• Frame Generation: On; but keep in mind that this could induce some additional latency.

Much like the RTX 5000 series, the RTX 4000 series should perform largely the same – with the exception of having DLSS 4 frame generation enabled, which should change things.

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With frame gen, the RTX 5000 series should edge out ahead, even if at the cost of some additional ghosting and/or latency.

These settings should ensure a comfortable 60 FPS at 1440p on these GPUs. The RTX 4090 should be able to push 4K, though.

4K vs 1440p vs 1080p performance: Which resolution should you choose?

As a general rule of thumb, always pick the resolution that is equivalent or nearest to your display’s actual resolution. This will ensure that HUD elements and text will remain crisp. We can change the internal render resolution using DLSS, which does a pretty good job overall.

In short, use the RTX 5090, 4090 and 5070 Ti for 4K resolutions, and the RTX 4070, 5070 and 4070 Ti for 1440p resolutions. With the combination of the settings mentioned above, it should be easy to reach 60 FPS.

You can always experiment and lower the upscaling and graphical preset quality further to boost FPS, at the cost of image quality.

Ray tracing and DLSS/FSR/XeSS: Worth enabling?

Given the massive frame rate boosts received by enabling upscaling, it is generally recommended to leave it enabled. At higher presets, upscaling can make an appreciable difference in performance while barely causing any effect on the image quality.

Modes such as Performance and Ultra Performance will affect image quality, though.

As far as ray tracing is concerned, there isn’t a whole lot to go for at the moment. While Borderlands 4 is most certainly going to have options for some form of ray tracing, the full extent of its utilization remains unknown.

Borderlands 4 best settings summary table

You can find the best settings summarized below:

GPU	Resolution	Preset	Ray Tracing
RTX 5090, 4090	4K	High	On
RTX 5070 Ti, 5070	1440p	High, with some tweaks to Medium	Off
RTX 4070 Ti, 4070	1440p	High, with some tweaks to Medium	Off

Final thoughts: Future proofing and expected updates

As far as future-proofing is concerned, all 6 cards are pretty decent and should last you for a while, even outside of games like Borderlands 4. Given the rather tumultuous nature of modern PC ports, though, it might be a good idea to wait until Gearbox Software patches the game and fixes its performance.

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