{"id":61833,"date":"2019-09-14T20:35:44","date_gmt":"2019-09-14T15:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/?p=61833"},"modified":"2019-12-27T06:46:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T01:46:47","slug":"how-to-fix-the-borderlands-3-dx-12-issue-and-revert-to-dx-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/how-to-fix-the-borderlands-3-dx-12-issue-and-revert-to-dx-11\/","title":{"rendered":"How to fix the Borderlands 3 DX 12 Issue and Revert to DX 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/tag\/borderlands-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Borderlands 3<\/a> is an action role-playing first-person shooter video developed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/tag\/gearbox-software\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gearbox Software<\/a> and published by 2K Games. The game is finally available on PS4, Xbox One and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.epicgames.com\/store\/en-US\/product\/borderlands-3\/home\" target=\"_blank\">PC via Epic Games Store<\/a>. While the game has been received well critically, there are a lot of performance issues on each platform. If you&#8217;re having trouble with the Borderlands 3 DX 12 version on PC, here&#8217;s how you can revert back to DX 11.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re hoping that Gearbox releases patches for the game to mitigate the issues players are facing on each platform soon.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Revert back to DX 11 from Borderlands 3 DX 12<\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve selected the DX 12 mode in Borderland 3, chances are you&#8217;ll be stuck in an endless loop when you launch the game, and can&#8217;t revert back from the in-game menus. Here&#8217;s how you can do that by configuring game files.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Head over to the following location to access the game&#8217;s configuration file<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<pre style=\"text-align: center\">USER-PROFILEDocumentsMy GamesBorderlands 3SavedConfigWindowsNoEditor<\/pre>\n<ul>\n<li>Open <strong>GameUserSettings.ini<\/strong> in any text editor<\/li>\n<li>Location <strong>PreferredGraphicsAPI<\/strong>, and change its value from <strong>DX12<\/strong> to <strong>DX11<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Save the file, and close it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s all you&#8217;ll need to do to revert back to DX 11, which is much more stable than DX 12.<\/p>\n<h2>Borderlands 3 System Requirements<\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking to run the game on PC, here&#8217;s what you&#8217;ll need<\/p>\n<h3>Minimum Specifications for 1080p Gaming<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>OS \u2013 Windows 7\/8\/10 (latest service pack)<\/li>\n<li>Processor \u2013\u00a0AMD\u00a0FX-8350 (Intel i5-3570)<\/li>\n<li>Memory \u2013 6GB RAM<\/li>\n<li>Graphics card \u2013 AMD Radeon\u2122 HD 7970 (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB)<\/li>\n<li>HDD \u2013 75 GB<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Recommended Specifications for 1440P Gaming<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>OS \u2013 Windows 7\/8\/10 (latest service pack)<\/li>\n<li>Processor \u2013 AMD Ryzen\u2122 5 2600 (Intel i7-4770)<\/li>\n<li>Memory \u2013 16GB RAM<\/li>\n<li>Graphics card \u2013 AMD Radeon\u2122 RX 590 (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB)<\/li>\n<li>HDD \u2013 75 GB<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So far, the performance side of things has been disappointing, as many users are running into frame drops despite their systems meeting the requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Did the guide help you? Let us know in the comments below and share your thoughts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Borderlands 3 is an action role-playing first-person shooter video developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K Games. The game is finally available on PS4, Xbox One and PC via Epic Games Store. While the game has been received well critically, there are a lot of performance issues on each platform. If you&#8217;re having trouble with the Borderlands 3 DX 12 version on PC, here&#8217;s how you can revert back to DX 11. 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