Could NVIDIA is going batty on Twitter while all the Borderlands community is buzzing with excitement? NVIDIA announced a custom GeForce RTX 5090 designed after the esteemed Siren Vex from Borderlands 4, and they’re giving it away? All you have to do is share your favorite Borderlands memory and hashtag #Borderlands4RTX. Replies are pouring in with downright hilarious anecdotes.
Let’s make a short explanation for those who just woke up. NVIDIA GeForce basically strangled the hype with every explosion emoji, celebrating Borderlands 4, which shall have DLSS 4 and Reflex technology. They are also holding one cool contest by which people can win this custom GPU; probably it appears as if it was pulled right out of the game. Pretty heavy stuff with players sharing all kinds of nostalgic moments about the series.
The huge wave of nostalgic feels keeps flooding one through reading the replies. Folks are speaking over sharing with family and friends; that’s great because really, that’s what Borderlands is about. User BrettThaGamer stated his favorite memory was “melting raid bosses with broken builds,” which totally made me think similarly. There’s no feeling like when you finally master your build and just crush everything.
Then you insert Mushy, who was captivated from the onset with CL4P-TP madness because Claptrap is that icon of annoying little robots that everyone loves to hate but secretly adore. Connor told that he played with his brother Borderlands 2 when it first came out, and lived seeing Handsome Jack. “What a fun time to be alive” – honestly, that villain was beyond different.
Those moments down to gameplay memories for Starlight said this really cute story of how she played on release day with her boyfriend and the game kind of strengthened their relationship: “The game has allowed me to have more conversations with my friends and have a couple laughs.” Now that’s what it’s all about. Games providing the bonding factor.
And there are even fun memories. Without explanation, Iron_Lord reminisced, “When they rolled to seduce the drawbridge. 100%.” Then ThePsyrix brought up hearing Jack mention Butt Stallion for the first time, which is arguably one of the most bizarre yet completely brilliant moments in gaming history.
But the really cool thing is that so many people right now are saying they’re pretty sure that they’ve never played Borderlands before, but now they look forward to Borderlands 4. thundershock24 straight out and said, “Never played one but about to get borderlands 4!” Meanwhile, Gramark_pvp stated they’ve never played a single Borderlands game, but this one is drawing some serious “evil eye” vibes, and they need to test that with a real RTX card. Hype is retroactively adding new players.
And then, of course, you get the hit with all of those hardware nostalgia discussions. uhhGalaxii recounted that, back when they were in the seventh grade, a week spent lawn work had earned them a 750Ti, which was the first game that ran Borderlands 2 on. Those are core memories you’ll cherish forever. Just imagine bagging an RTX 5090? Woah, from bike to spaceship.
What is indeed noticeable is the sheer volume of replies coming back about co-op shenanigans. It is almost as if more gamers are recalling playing with brothers, cousins, or friends: For instance, wageslavenpc who says, “Favorite memory is the hours my brother and I have spent playing Borderlands together.” Jtaterski is more along the lines of “every weekend (day and night) in Borderlands 3 with my friends.” That’s the fuel for this franchise: sharing those crazy moments with other people.
Even simple memories hit hard. supaethan said the moment they got their first legendary in Borderlands 2 was a “complete game changer,” and _delkoo flipped out over a pearl from the warrior. Those loot moments make Borderlands irresistibly addictive.
On the wilder side, though, this contest is dredging up all those stories surrounding over a decade of Borderlands. From the original to now eagerly anticipating Borderlands 4, player moments make for decades of gaming memories. And looking good with NVIDIA’s new tech might just promise the vault hunters the best future.
The competition is far from over, as more and more people are contributing their memories under the Borderlands 4 RTX hashtag in the replies. If you haven’t yet, you ought to go participate because that custom 5090 is bonkers. Even if you don’t come out on top clutching one of your own, just scanning through these shared moments reminds you why we do this-game for the loot, sure, but more so for the hilarious memories that come with it.
So this is a bad combo just for NVIDIA to stir buzz. With their next-gen graphics tech and the contest, Borderlands 4 is shaping up to be something special indeed. Anyways, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go tweet about the six hours I spent trying to beat a raid boss with my college roommate. Good times.
