Borderlands 2 will have DirectX11, PhysX

Written by: alt639 - 13:54 Jul-16-2012

The upcoming Borderlands 2 has many gamers eagerly awaiting it's launch. Gearbox has now added an extra incentive for PC gamers.

As detailed in a raunchy and humorous letter from Claptrap, we PC gamers are being treated with a bevy of exclusive features...

First and foremost will be the inclusion of DirectX11 powered effects. HBAO and dynamic Bokeh DoF should be present. Textures will also be higher resolution than those on console versions. A FOV slider will be present, along with the option to use FXAA for antialiasing.

Gearbox has also stated that offline LAN support will be included for the PC edition as well. A few other features will be present as well, such as PhysX support for those with Nvidia GPUs. 3D support will also be available. The letter can be found at this link: http://www.borderlands2.com/loveletter/?x

Discussion Area

The discussion area is the place where you get to chat with fellow gamers and techies.
You need to be logged in and have a GD rank of 2 or higher to join the discussion

Submit A Benchmark

Welcome. From this page you can submit a personal benchmark to GD. Once approved by GD admin everyone can search for your bench results here. The more results the more we all learn.

How To

Select a Tool in the form to the right, then select a Test. You will see a weblink appear beside your selection. Click this link to get the benchmark Tool. Try NovaBench for an all in one benchmark that is only 12Mb to download.

Run your choosen Benchmark Tool on your PC, using the benchmark tool's default setting. Take a screenshot displaying the benchmark score and information displaying your rig and submit that to us.

Full How-To Guide | Example Screenshot

Discussion Page 1

gregsuarez

02:24 Jul-17-2012

gregsuarez's Rig
Saved at: Jun-16-2013

Compared to your Rig

CPU

Core i7-3770K 4-Core 3.5GHz

GFX

GeForce GTX 680 EVGA SC Edition x2

RAM

16GB DDR3 1600MHz

RES

1920 x 1200
width x height

Phone

Samsung Galaxy Note II

Premium Member: Join our Premium Area for great comparison tools

269

GD Reputation
gregsuarez is a highly valued long time GD member, having helped many GD members with various problems! You need but ask and they will do what they can to assist
Login to have your opinion

You may get a kick out of this vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJPmY13Jmr8

Tero

18:07 Jul-18-2012

Tero's Rig
Saved at: Jun-18-2013

Compared to your Rig

CPU

Core i7-2600 4-Core 3.40GHz

GFX

Radeon HD 7970 OC GigaByte Edition

RAM

12GB DDR3 1333MHz

RES

1920 x 1080
width x height

Phone

Samsung Galaxy SIII

1508

GD Reputation
Tero is our GD LEGEND.
Our community has benefited from this persons great knowledge again and again for which we are all grateful. Please be respectful as their help is very valuable and they will give it with kindness!
Login to have your opinion

Not actually, just nVidia marketing really :(

gregsuarez

20:53 Jul-18-2012

gregsuarez's Rig
Saved at: Jun-16-2013

Compared to your Rig

CPU

Core i7-3770K 4-Core 3.5GHz

GFX

GeForce GTX 680 EVGA SC Edition x2

RAM

16GB DDR3 1600MHz

RES

1920 x 1200
width x height

Phone

Samsung Galaxy Note II

269

Well, yeah, it's NVIDIA marketing (it doesn't pretend to be anything else), but it's still cool to see how PhysX will be used in Borderlands 2.

alt639

18:09 Jul-18-2012

alt639's Rig
Saved at: Jun-18-2013

Compared to your Rig

CPU

Core i5-2320 3.0GHz

GFX

Radeon HD 7870 XFX Core Edition oc: 10%

RAM

6GB DDR3 1333MHz

RES

1920 x 1080
width x height

Phone

Samsung Galaxy SIII LTE

162

GD Reputation
alt639 is a highly valued long time GD member, having helped many GD members with various problems! You need but ask and they will do what they can to assist
Login to have your opinion

Cool vid :D it makes me happy to own an NV card.

Tero

23:44 Jul-18-2012

Tero's Rig
Saved at: Jun-18-2013

Compared to your Rig

CPU

Core i7-2600 4-Core 3.40GHz

GFX

Radeon HD 7970 OC GigaByte Edition

RAM

12GB DDR3 1333MHz

RES

1920 x 1080
width x height

Phone

Samsung Galaxy SIII

1508

Just some wasted performance on a few floating things and stuff falling 'realistically' :D :D

gregsuarez

00:30 Jul-19-2012

gregsuarez's Rig
Saved at: Jun-16-2013

Compared to your Rig

CPU

Core i7-3770K 4-Core 3.5GHz

GFX

GeForce GTX 680 EVGA SC Edition x2

RAM

16GB DDR3 1600MHz

RES

1920 x 1200
width x height

Phone

Samsung Galaxy Note II

269

See, I'm a sucker for game physics. The first game I remember playing that had a noticeable physics engine was Hitman 2: Silent Assassin. The first time I saw a ragdoll fall over, I couldn't believe my eyes. Hitman 2's physics are pretty archaic by today's standards, but ten years ago I almost couldn't believe what I was seeing after 20 years of playing games with pre-rendered animations. This addiction to physics is why I have to have NVIDIA cards; even though PhysX does not make or break a game, I still find it very cool.

Tero

22:19 Jul-16-2012

Tero's Rig
Saved at: Jun-18-2013

Compared to your Rig

CPU

Core i7-2600 4-Core 3.40GHz

GFX

Radeon HD 7970 OC GigaByte Edition

RAM

12GB DDR3 1333MHz

RES

1920 x 1080
width x height