Borderlands 4: Best Settings for ROG Ally, Lenovo Legion, and MSI Claw

You should apply these optimized settings to play Borderlands 4 at a consistent 30 FPS performance on ROG Ally, Lenovo Legion, and MSI Claw.

Borderlands 4’s system requirements are on the higher side, especially considering the kind of art style the game focuses on. Therefore, the game struggles to deliver 60 FPS, even on capable mid-range PCs. Playing this game smoothly on handhelds such as the ROG Ally, Lenovo Legion, and MSI Claw is out of the question unless you apply the optimized settings in the game. Below, you will find all the best settings to play Borderlands on these handhelds.

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Best Borderlands 4 Settings for ROG Ally, Lenovo Legion Go, and MSI Claw

The ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go are powered by AMD Z1/Z2 Extreme chipsets. On the other hand, the MSI Claw 8 AI+ uses an Intel chipset. Regardless of which handheld you choose, Borderlands 4 will run quite well at a constant 30 FPS if you apply the following settings:

Note: The settings provided below are based on the game’s minimum specs and shouldn’t be used for other handhelds.

Basic Settings

Settings	ROG Ally	Lenovo Legion Go	MSI Claw
Display Mode	Fullscreen	Fullscreen	Fullscreen
Resolution	1280 x 720	1280 x 720	1280 x 720
Display Stats	None	None	None
Limit Frame Rate	On	On	On
Custom FPS Limit	30	30	30
Vertical Sync	Off (Turn on if you don’t have a FreeSync or G-Sync monitor)	Off (Turn on if you don’t have a FreeSync or G-Sync monitor)	Off (Turn on if you don’t have a FreeSync or G-Sync monitor)
Calibrate Display	Do nothing	Do nothing	Do nothing
Calibrate HUD Area	Do nothing	Do nothing	Do nothing
Field of View	80	80	80
Vehicle Field of View	90	90	90

Advanced Settings

Settings	ROG Ally	Lenovo Legion Go	MSI Claw
Graphics Preset	Custom	Custom	Custom
Auti-Detect Graphics Preset	Do nothing	Do nothing	Do nothing
Anti-Aliasing	Do nothing (Blacked Out)	Do nothing (Blacked Out)	Do nothing (Blacked Out)
Upscaling Method	FSR	FSR	XeSS
Upscaling Quality	Performance	Performance	Performance
Spatial Upscaling Quality	Disabled	Disabled	Disabled
Scene Capture Quality	Low	Low	Low
Frame Generation	Off	Off	Off
HLOD Loading	Near	Near	Near
Geometry Quality	Medium	Medium	Medium
Texture Quality	Low	Low	Low
Textures Streaming Speed	Medium	Medium	Medium
Anisotropic Filtering Quality	X4	X4	X4
Foliage Density	Very Low	Very Low	Low
Volumetric Fog	Low	Low	Low
Volumetric Cloud	Low	Low	Low
Shadow Quality	Low	Low	Low
Directional Shadow Quality	Low	Low	Low
Volumetric Cloud Shadows	Disabled	Disabled	Disabled
Lighting Quality	Low	Medium	Medium
Reflections Quality	Low	Low	Low
Shading Quality	Low	Low	Low
Post-Process Quality	Low	Low	Low
Motion Blur Amount	0.0	0.0	0.0
Motion Blur Quality	Off	Off	Off

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Conclusion

We optimized the above settings for Borderlands 4 using the right combination of Low, Very Low, and Medium graphics settings. With these settings, the game will run at stable performance on the ROG Ally and other handhelds. These settings deliver such performance without degrading the visuals too much.

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