The PC Steam page of "Borderlands 4" confirms that the dual third-party DRM: D encryption + Symbiote is used in case the game is not cracked when it is first released.However, considering that "Borderlands 4" is also an Unreal 5 engine game, players are worried that with the blessing of Unreal 5+D encryption + Symbiote triple buf, the optimization of "Borderlands 4" PC version may be a performance hell.

D encryption is already a regular visitor to players, but Symbiote is an update that players are not very familiar with.Some players believe that unlike D encryption, this protection technology may run at the kernel level of the computer, which has concerns some players.Players are worried that it may conflict with other programs, slowing down system performance in the background, and even pose security and privacy risks.

The name "Symbiote" itself also triggered alertness, as it has the same name as a known Linux root suite.However, it is worth noting that this name may be just a brand name given by 2K for its own DRM technology, and it may be just a coincidence that the same name as the Linux root suite.

On the other hand, the impact of D encryption varies.Tests on games such as "Legend of Hogwarts" and "Creedy of Dragons 2" showed that the frame rate did drop and the loading time was longer.However, while using D encryption, Sword Star has little impact on its performance.

Yesterday 2K released the PC version of "Borderlands 4". The entry-level configuration is already very high. I believe that many Steam users' configurations do not meet the standards.The minimum configuration requires an i7 9700+RTX 2070 graphics card, which requires 100GB of hard disk space. Notes mention that the minimum requirement is 8 core processor and 8GB of graphics memory, and an SSD is required.

The recommended configuration is i7-12700, RTX 3080/RX 6800XT graphics card, but players all know that the recommended configuration cannot meet the actual needs in many cases, and will be higher during actual play.