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Can the XPS 15 9530 run Borderlands 3?
Borderlands 3 by Gearbox Software: the publisher’s own minimum requirements, compared with this exact laptop.
Minimum requirements
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Recommended requirements: not rated yet
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- Operating system — meets (Windows 7/10 (latest service pack); this laptop: Windows)
- RAM — needs 6 GB; this laptop's value is not recorded
- Graphics — this laptop's graphics chip is not recorded vs GeForce GTX 680 / Radeon HD 7970: not rated yet
How this was judged
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- Borderlands 3 system requirements · publisher requirements
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units · secondary source (Wikipedia), spec facts only
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units · secondary source (Wikipedia), spec facts only
Published requirements
Minimum requirements
- CPU
- AMD FX-8350 or Intel i5-3570
- GPU
- AMD Radeon HD 7970 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2 GB · DirectX 11
- RAM
- 6 GB
- Storage
- 75 GB
- OS
- Windows 7/10 (latest service pack)
Recommended requirements
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (Intel i7-4770)
- GPU
- AMD Radeon RX 590 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB · DirectX 12
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 75 GB
- OS
- Windows 7/10 (latest service pack)
Sources and limits
How we know this · Report an error
- Valve (Steam) — Borderlands 3 on Steam — System Requirements · retrieved 9/20/2026
The laptop’s figures come from its verified specification page. Requirements are the publisher’s and can change. This compares the laptop with the publisher’s listed native requirements — it does not account for emulation, translation layers or cloud gaming. See how we verify the specs.