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Borderlands 3 is a title that brings some freshness to the genre (first-person shooter). It has a unique visual style because of the cell shading tech. The game can offer a good storyline that is really long especially if you want to complete all the side missions.
When it comes to system requirements, the game isn’t that light if you want to see its maximum visual quality with at least 60 FPS. For this comparison, we have chosen two entry-level RTX GPUs – the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (75W) and RTX 3050 (75W).
Don’t forget to take a look at our Top 100 Best Laptops for Borderlands 3 list.
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti and RTX 3050 variants
| GeForce RTX 3050 Ti [75W] | GeForce RTX 3050 [75W] | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Ampere | Ampere |
| GPU chip | GA107 | GA107 |
| Shader units | 2560 (+25%) | 2048 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| Base Clock (MHz) | 1222 | 1237 (+1%) |
| Boost clock (MHz) | 1485 | 1500 (+1%) |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 1500 | 1500 |
| Memory size (MB) | 4096 | 4096 |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus width (bit) | 128 | 128 |
| TGP (Total Graphics Power) | 75W | 75W |
| DirectX version | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Technology | 8nm | 8nm |
| RTX capabilities | Yes | Yes |
| Release date | 05.2021 | 05.2021 |
| Detailed specs | Link | Link |
Synthetic benchmarks
Results are from the 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)
Results are from the Unigine Heaven 3.0 benchmark (higher the score, the better)
Results are from the Unigine Heaven 4.0 benchmark (higher the score, the better)
Results are from the Unigine Superposition benchmark (higher the score, the better)
Gaming tests and gameplay videos (ext. monitor)
| Borderlands 3 | Full HD, V.Low (Check settings) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Badass (Check settings) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GeForce RTX 3050 Ti [75W] | 126 fps (+5%) | 99 fps (+10%) | 67 fps (+10%) | 51 fps (+11%) |
| GeForce RTX 3050 [75W] | 120 fps | 90 fps | 61 fps | 46 fps |
Verdict
Well, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (75W) have won the match but RTX 3050 (75W) isn’t slow by any means. The slower GPU can show 46 FPS with max-out visuals which isn’t bad at all for a video card that has just 4GB VRAM. On the other hand, if the prices are close enough, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (75W) is a good choice.
All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti [75W]
All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 [75W]
