Unplayable Lag

Thanks for the high praise! When you say the game is laggy, do you mean the framerate? If you press F1, what is it showing you in the graphs there?

Does your laptop get very hot when you play? When these lag sessions start, does the framerate suddenly drop? Or is it gradual?

If you could take a screenshot with F8 when you've got the F1 window open, and mail it to me at rory@grindinggear.com, we might be able to tell a little more. You can find the screenshots in the Path of Exile folder in Program Files(86x)/Grinding Gear Games/Path of Exile/Screenshots