Regular freeze when open maps or new location

After update 3.26, the game often freezes when opening a new map or when going to HO, you have to close the process, when you re-enter this location, it freezes the same way. At first I thought it was related to the servers, but usually there are no network problems after first few days. I tried changing DX12, Vulcan, changed the sound device. I noticed that the freeze is always accompanied by log 19dbc0 [DEBUG Client 13660] [InGameAudioManager] TalkingPetAudioEvent 'Idle1MinuteCooldown' triggered. What can I try to do, because this did not happen before the update?
Windows 10 pro 22H2
Intel i7-9700k
Geforce RTX 4080 Super
32 Gb RAM
Samsung Evo 970 SSD
Last bumped on Jun 27, 2025, 1:33:52 AM
It turned out to be a driver issue. Rolled back to version 572, it helped
Getting something similar but instead of a "freeze" it's just showing that I have 0ms loading into the zone, then that zone has upwards of 10k ping trying to move around. Leaving and reentering fixes it, as does relogging. East coast NA playing on Washington. No idea what's causing this, started after 3.26 launch.
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It turned out to be a driver issue. Rolled back to version 572, it helped


Im having the issue with freezing..stuttering.. tried everything.. rolled back to 572 and didnt work too.. dunno what else.. what version did you rolled back to?
i click in bismuth and my game freeze

i relog, enter in map 'longer of any mob' and i cant move again...
- Thread with suggestions for PoE 1 get more fun and more QoL in next patches (3.27, 3.28...): thread/3812167

- Atlas tree thread improvement: thread/3812454

(English is not my native language, so I apologize for any mistakes!)
roll back how, and what, the client or your driver?

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