Gearbox has explained that Borderlands 4's latest patch needs to go through shader compiling, leading to temporary stuttering in-game.

Advanced Shader Delivery solves all of this by removing the whole compilation process from your PC's hands (well, processors) and doing it 'offline', i.e. by the game developers themselves. The idea ...

Borderlands 4 developer Gearbox has asked PC gamers to wait 15 minutes for shaders to compile in the background while playing after some said this week’s update had caused increased stuttering.