Borderlands 4PC performance has improved significantly since its fall 2025 launch, and Gearbox has now explained exactly how it got here. Anticipation was mixed prior to the game's release, thanks to numerous controversies surrounding its potential price, recommended specs, and comments from CEO Randy Pitchford. Six months later, Borderlands 4 it's in a different place than when it came out, and that's the best thing for PC gamers.
Despite a highly successful debut, Gearbox's heist shooter quickly lost ground. It took about two months Borderlands 4 losing 96% of its player base, although reviews from critics were mostly positive. However, Steam users felt differently and the title fell to a “Mixed” rating on the platform. Many of the most persistent complaints revolved around the game's performance, with PC users often reporting FPS drops, stuttering, and crashes, even when playing on high-end systems. Fortunately, Gearbox developers have since addressed these concerns.
Gearbox says Borderlands 4's average FPS has improved by 20%
In a recent post on oficial Borderlands 4 blog, Gearbox detailed the PC optimizations the game has received so far. PC performance was the thorn in the side of the game, with the previous ones Borderlands 4 updates promising improvements, but some players found themselves doing the opposite. However, things have improved over time, and Gearbox now claims that the average FPS jumped by roughly 20% between version 1.0.2 and the current version, 1.5. At the game's minimum specs, average frame rates climbed from 37.32 to 52.79 FPS, while on the RTX 4090 they went from 54.96 FPS to 78.43 FPS without being “too noticeable in terms of visual fidelity,” according to Gearbox.
The post also detailed a number of other fixes. Gearbox says that stuttering has reduced, lower frame rates now fall closer to average, and game crashes are down to just 0.38% of all sessions, half of what it was in December. Post commented Borderlands 4Billions of weapons also explains how creating so many unique elements can be difficult to render. Developers Gearbox now say the game allows graphics drivers to detect new materials earlier, helping them prepare to render them when the time comes, so players can enjoy the variety without suffering performance degradation as a result. In addition, some lighting and physics adjustments are said to have been reduced Borderlands 4GPU and CPU stress when rendering visual effects.
Gearbox ended the post by admitting that more work still needs to be done and promising more optimizations. The studio has previously confirmed this Borderlands 4 will receive weekly patches and monthly updates throughout 2026, so PC performance will likely continue to improve, barring any unforeseen issues with additional content. If nothing else, it's good to see that developers have taken the need to optimize a PC game seriously and made real progress on the matter. It's unclear if these improvements will have any effect on player numbers or how people feel about the game in the future, but they're a necessary step nonetheless.
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While it looks like a looter shooter on PC, the same cannot be said for all platforms. After an indefinite delay, Gearbox suspended work Borderlands 4Switch 2 version, so the future is uncertain. The port isn't completely canceled, but there's no telling how long it will be before Nintendo fans can experience the game on their console of choice. This hiatus should redirect more time and resources to the PC, PS5 and Xbox versions Borderlands 4so this could be good news for those who already own a copy, but Switch 2 owners will have to wait a little longer.
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September 12, 2025
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Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Crude Language, In-Game Purchases, User Interaction
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