Thanks to the graphical update in Act 4, my Diablo 3 friends are switching over to POE

Same here. Everyone I know switched over to PoE.

I don't know how an indie dev shits all over a triple A dev...

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Ryant12 wrote:

Same here. Everyone I know switched over to PoE.

I don't know how an indie dev shits all over a triple A dev...

 It's very simple. GGG actually listens to the tons of feedback and actually uses this information in their development decisions. So eventually if we voice on what works and doesn't work then GGG should here us "Whos" and steer PoE in the direction that the majority of us want. Dosen't always work but it's a huge improvement over the behemoth game companies that are catering to the stockholders and bottom line.

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Arrowneous wrote:

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Ryant12 wrote:

Same here. Everyone I know switched over to PoE.

I don't know how an indie dev shits all over a triple A dev...

 It's very simple. GGG actually listens to the tons of feedback and actually uses this information in their development decisions. So eventually if we voice on what works and doesn't work then GGG should here us "Whos" and steer PoE in the direction that the majority of us want. Dosen't always work but it's a huge improvement over the behemoth game companies that are catering to the stockholders and bottom line.

I guess this is the reason why so many people play D3 now, because blizzard started to listen to their players and improved the game so much, and continues to change it.

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Genobee wrote:

This thread has been very interesting.

What I'm still curious about are the specs of those claiming to get very poor FPS. Over the years I've played PoE I have had multiple builds. Some of which were VERY cheap mid-range gaming rigs. Yet despite that I still never had any problems maintaining 60fps at those times (which was fine since I still has a 60hz back then).

Now-a-days I can nail 200-250fps steady if left uncapped with it only really dipping down during some more extreme moments. Yet still not below that good ol' 120 mark. This is running a R9 290 reference with a i5-3570k, an old HDD or four, and some other misc components I slapped together.

At one point I was even using a Clevo d901c for gaming. Still had very few issues so long as I kept myself aware of that systems limitations.

My thoughts are that these people may be running the game with hardware that is not designed to run intensive videogames. That or the computer is not in a state to be playing a game (malware, poor cooling causing throttling, etc).

 It's most likely that those who are playing beta PoE 2.0 and are still having frame rate problems are probably pushing the resolution, SQ, AQ, TQ, and AF too high for their GPU/CPU combo. I run PoE 1.3.x on a modest Radeon HD 6870 (MSI Hawk) with 1 GB DDR5 RAM and an Intel core-i5 660 cpu. I've installed a big ass heat pipe cooler with dual 120 mm fans and I OC the core-i5 to 3.8 GHz and with 8 GB of DDR3-1600 memory and Windows 7 Pro PoE mostly plays without fps problems. I run windowed full screen HD with AQ=high, AQ= medium, TQ= high, and 4x AF. I wouldn't go any lower on the GPU/CPU specs though and anyone using lesser hardware should expect to have to lower their graphics settings. I think PoE benefits more from a faster dual core cpu than a slower 4 core and everyone should know that an Intel cpu runs circles around an AMD cpu in the floating point math department so maybe those who are still experiencing FPS issues are running on an AMD cpu (I quit using AMD cpus years ago but my trusty MSI Hawk Radeon HD6870 runs PoE cool and quiet).

Note: I do notice that my GPU fans rev up and are audibly noticeable at the PoE login screen and then slow down after logging in. This tells me that the rain particle effects are pushing the HD6870 heavy. That seams to confirm what many others have stated that GGG doesn't have as optimized of code for the particle effects and anyone using a video card with fewer cores will suffer slowdowns more frequently and more severely.

Edit: Also be careful of what is running in Windows in the background that steals cpu cycles. I use Eset Smart Security for my anti-virus because it has very low cpu overhead and I don't have any other background apps that rob PoE of cpu time. I can even play music with Winamp in the background playing PoE and it's smooth video in all but the most intense action in mob packs. Also make sure you run CCleaner to keep temp folder garbage from building up, run the PoE graphics (if not the whole game) out of a ram disk, and defrag your hard drive (I use IObit Smart defag) once a month.

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Ryant12 wrote:

Same here. Everyone I know switched over to PoE.

I don't know how an indie dev shits all over a triple A dev...

hah! funny, all my friends jumped ship and went back to D3. Shitting all over Blizzard? hahahahaha okay.

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BAD9eR wrote:

isn't one of the reasons we play PoE , because D3 looks like hello kitty online?? So garish and childlike ,reminds me of saturday morning cartoons. That and it's a total faceroll :/ uninspired and boring ( jus my 2 pence worth )

faceroll? really? Care to link your b.net profile so we can see your awesome builds?

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Arrowneous wrote:

Note: I do notice that my GPU fans rev up and are audibly noticeable at the PoE login screen and then slow down after logging in. This tells me that the rain particle effects are pushing the HD6870 heavy. That seams to confirm what many others have stated that GGG doesn't have as optimized of code for the particle effects and anyone using a video card with fewer cores will suffer slowdowns more frequently and more severely.

Pretty sure particles are cpu rendered, when i use gmp incinerate my fps goes down and so does my gpu load.

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jooozek wrote:

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Arrowneous wrote:

Note: I do notice that my GPU fans rev up and are audibly noticeable at the PoE login screen and then slow down after logging in. This tells me that the rain particle effects are pushing the HD6870 heavy. That seams to confirm what many others have stated that GGG doesn't have as optimized of code for the particle effects and anyone using a video card with fewer cores will suffer slowdowns more frequently and more severely.

Pretty sure particles are cpu rendered, when i use gmp incinerate my fps goes down and so does my gpu load.

Doeas that include the rain in the beginning login screen from the view aboard the ship transporting the (falsely) convicted exile to Wraeclast?

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Hyskoa wrote:

With the lack of optimisation, I'm forced to keep the runescape graphics. So it still does look like a 2001 game.

XD, jupp the day PoE can run a constant 60fps is the day i will buy a supporter pack

Save that money to upgrade your pc