FPS Lag Post 2.0, ran fine before.

I used to run PoE in pre 2.0 on a GTS 8800, 5400 RPM HD, 4 GB Ram, cheap 2.6 quad core, and 3MBp/s down with no lag issues whatsoever. However, now I get some severe spikes when mapping during large mob density. Sometimes to the point where my screen freezes off and on for a few seconds before regaining control at around 40 fps.

I'm using Vsync and turning all the graphics down... (which i did not used to have to do) Not sure whether I should be running in Dx9, Dx9EX, or DX11.

Current PC is:
GTX 960 4gb
AMD FX-6300
8 GB ram
7200 RPM HDD.
40 MBp/s Down 6 Up


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Dxdiag: http://pastebin.com/c8BddYBX


Any advice or support is appreciated.

EDIT: Changed title to get some response.

Gave it two days for a response, here's a picture showing the problem.




http://i.imgur.com/XW3sAzg.jpg



Anyone know solutions?

bump.

Just sharing my input:

I've noticed that the higher level I get and the the more mobs/effects that start to splash on screen, my game too will freeze for a few seconds or the frames will drop exponentially.

-AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core Processor
-Radeon HD 7700 Series
-12GB Ram

I've ran across a few articles that were simillar to this one and seems that it may be an issue on PoE's side regarding AMD drivers, as one of my friends runs with Nividia without any issues.
While my graphics card isn't the best, I know this isn't my end, as I'm able to run more higher end/demanding online games on high-max settings without seeing any major drops in fps.


This really sucks, as I really do enjoy the game and wish to support it, but the constant frame drops during key points in fights, lack of in-game options, and a few other issues is really starting to dampen my mood on this. Coupled with the fact that 3 other PoE-styled games are coming out this year, makes things all the harder for me wanting to consider supporting PoE.

Maybe the fabled 3.0 will fix a lot of these issues, but I'm staying reserved for now.

So I have been fooling around with various things to remove the annoying fps stuttering and I think I might of found a solution.

"

I run a x64 bit OS and so with that knowledge I ran PoE in DirectX 11.
Ontop of that I also now run the game in windowed mode.

With these changes, I no no longer notice any significant fps stuttering or freezing when dealing with large groups of enemies and effects. Not sure if you've considered these options, but they seem to have fixed my problems (thus far).

I'm afraid I can't be of much help, but am experiencing exactly the same issues.

I'm a relatively new player and playing the endgame for the first time. In higher level maps with beyond/breach leaguestones the game is simply unplayable. The fps drops from 100+ to below 5 and the game completely freezes when I kill a large pack and beyond monsters spawn. It has gotten so bad that I don't even feel like playing anymore because I keep dying since I can't do anything, it's extremely frustrating.

My specs are somewhat similar to yours:

Radeon hd-7950 gpu
AMD fx-6300 cpu

I'm also using an SSD, although I don't think that has any effect on fps.

Perhaps it has something to do with the processor?

I run the game on the lowest possible settings, but that shouldn't be necessary since the game isn't very graphically pretty anyway. It's really weird because eventhough my pc obviously isn't great, I can run much more demanding games without many problems on high settings.

I'm trying to find a solution because I really love the game aside from these issues. I've tried switching to directX 11, but that hasn't solved the problem.

For now I'll keep looking for a solution and post back if I find a fix.

Just posting again because I noticed the only thing we all have in common is AMD processors, strengthening my suspicion that that might be the culprit. Since the OP has an Nvidia gpu and Owlski and me have AMD gpu's that shouldn't logically be the cause of the problem.

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Woofa wrote:

Just posting again because I noticed the only thing we all have in common is AMD processors, strengthening my suspicion that that might be the culprit. Since the OP has an Nvidia gpu and Owlski and me have AMD gpu's that shouldn't logically be the cause of the problem.

I suspect it has something to do with the game and AMD as well, but I'm not sure what would cause such an issue.
If you or OP haven't already tried, try and see if my above post/fix works for you guys.
It's thus far fixed majority of the issue for me (so long as you don't mind playing windowed).

"

Owlski wrote:

Just sharing my input:

I've noticed that the higher level I get and the the more mobs/effects that start to splash on screen, my game too will freeze for a few seconds or the frames will drop exponentially.

-AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core Processor
-Radeon HD 7700 Series
-12GB Ram

I've ran across a few articles that were simillar to this one and seems that it may be an issue on PoE's side regarding AMD drivers, as one of my friends runs with Nividia without any issues.
While my graphics card isn't the best, I know this isn't my end, as I'm able to run more higher end/demanding online games on high-max settings without seeing any major drops in fps.


This really sucks, as I really do enjoy the game and wish to support it, but the constant frame drops during key points in fights, lack of in-game options, and a few other issues is really starting to dampen my mood on this. Coupled with the fact that 3 other PoE-styled games are coming out this year, makes things all the harder for me wanting to consider supporting PoE.

Maybe the fabled 3.0 will fix a lot of these issues, but I'm staying reserved for now.

I did --noasync -waitforpreload --softwareaudio into my launch options in steam and everything is pretty much fixed. Only lag during the hardest breaches or a skip when a ton of mobs die to ED. Only problem is load times.... gotta buy an SSD next month. Try it out and see how it effects you.