Submission Instructions
Participation in this bench-a-thon will require the purchase of Borderlands 3. You will also need recording software to properly showcase your results. Please read the instructions carefully before submitting benchmark results.
I. Settings
There are three leaderboards corresponding to the following resolutions and presets:
1920x1080 Badass Preset, No Fidelity FX Sharpening, No Motion Blur
2560x1440 Badass Preset, No Fidelity FX Sharpening, No Motion Blur
3820x2160 Badass Preset, No Fidelity FX Sharpening, No Motion Blur
There are two tabs under Visuals that are relevant to visual settings. The first is "Basic" and the second is "Advanced." Your settings must match the following:
Basic
Resolution: 1920x1080, 2560x1440, or 3840x2160
Resolution Scale: 100%
Field of View: 90
Advanced
Graphics API: DirectX 11 or DirectX 12
Overall Quality: Badass
Note: Aside from Motion Blur and FidelityFXSharpening, the remaining settings are part of the Badass Overall Quality preset. Make sure they are properly applied.
Anti Aliasing: Temporal
FidelityFXSharpening: Off
Camera Motion Blur: Off
Object Motion Blur: Off
Texture Streaming: Ultra
Anisotropic Filtering: 16x
Material Complexity: Ultra
Shadows: Ultra
Draw Distance: Ultra
Environmental Detail: Ultra
Terrain Detail: Ultra
Foliage: Ultra
Character Detail: Ultra
Ambient Occlusion: Ultra
Volumetric Fog: Ultra
Screen Space Reflections: Ultra
II. Video of Results
A successful benchmark result submission requires sufficient video evidence. Follow the instructions below for the information that needs to be included in your video. Failure to follow all instructions will result in an invalid submission.
Start the benchmark from Options>Visuals>Benchmark>Start Benchmark
Near the end of the benchmark, a portal will appear that the camera goes through. Begin your recording before the camera goes through this portal. See the video submission example below if you are confused.
After the benchmark concludes, navigate to Options>Visuals. Show all of your settings under both the "Basic" tab, "Advanced" tab, and show your benchmark result in the "Benchmark" tab. End the video after this.
Per usual, no cell phone recordings. There are various options for free recording software for Windows.