Returning Player - Massive Performance Problems

Hello

First English is not my native Langue so forgive me for my terrible Grammar.
I had a 2 year Break from POE. A week ago i wanted to check in again and look whats going on. Before starting new leagues i just wanted to check on my old Chars to get a feeling on changes and the general Performance. And what shall i say the Performance is horrible beyond my wildest Fears. Simple Mapping starts with horrible Stutters, mini-Freezes and the FPS dropping below 20. 2 Years ago i had no Problems at all and even when doing Blight Maps the FPS would be decent over 40 and much more Stable in generell. When i do Blight Maps now the FPS drops to 10 up to mini freezes.

My Hardware is the same as 2 years ago and i know its not the hottest and newest Stuff but no other Games give me such terrible Performance Issues - Last Epoch runs buttersmoth as does D4 (the Game sucks but the Performance even in the heaviest Fights is fine). As POE runs now and i dont find a fix i will not return because it feels so terrible fucked up on the performance Side. If the Answer is that one does need the newest Hardware now to run that Game decently and 2-3 Year old Hardware wont do anymore im out.

I have already tried every Setting ingame available and running generelly 1080p LOWEST. Temperatures and Stuff is also fine on both Systems. I have tested the Performance on my Desktop PC as well as my Laptop and although the Desktop gets 5-10 FPS more in generell its both absolutly unplayable. From 160 FPS in Town/Hideout to below 20 in just normal Maps and Single Digit FPS Drops in things like Blight and Delierium.

Desktop: Ryzen 5600 , 16 GB 3200mhz Ram , RX 6600 xt, Samsung evo 970
Laptop: Lenovo Legion 5 2021 Modell, ryzen 5600h with rtx 3060, 16 GB 3200 mhz Ram and also some Samsung SSD

So both System are pretty even, besides that the Desktop ryzen has more Cache. If the answer is simply that this Hardware wont suffice anymore while it does for any other Game i play then im out, thats not worth it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/1aizs7v/cpu_latency_spikes_guide/

Well thx, that only helped partialy. The worst stutters and mini freezes are gone. Extremly low FPS on for example Blight Maps stays - just done a small tier 6 Blightmap and FPS dropped down to 15. The strange thing is that after the Map was cleared the FPS stayed on 20-30 for a while and recovering to 150+ after i opened all the Chests. I supose the Presence of the Towers alone is enough to drop my FPS below 30 and thats strange, that didnt happen 2 Years ago.

As i said, Blight Map all Monsters are Dead but Towers still stand the FPS wont recover. It stays at around 20-25 then. So i have to assume that the System Requirements of this Game have massivley increased when the pure Presence of Towers alone taxes my CPU below 25 FPS. I call that unplayable and i will not buy onto a new Plattform yet, maybe in 1-2 years with new Hardware i may check in again but for now i have to assume my CPU is to weak for End Game Activities in this Game and so i cannot return for a full fresh League start. Thats sad, i used to love Blight and Delirium very much.

Meaby this help you but its very advanced guide my guildmate done this and he can play on realy wooden pc.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c2-lUJq74wuYK1WrA_bIvgb89dUN0sj8-hO3vqmrau4/edit

Thank you, i have tryed many things now but i wont go any deeper into that Rabbithole. When the Company behind POE cant optimize the Game for low End Setups like my Systems then i have to accept that and draw my conclusion. To me it seems you need 13-14 gen Intel or a 5800X3D - 7800X3D to brute force around the missing Optimisation. Lets hope they do a better Job with POE 2 optimisation wise but for now im Out, Last Epoch it shall be then for now.