PoE effected by other programs while running

I'm having some serious issues with PoE dropping a ferocious amount of frames (from about 60 down to 5-8) when I have a second program running on my second monitor. Through my testing it seems like Windows Media Player, YouTube, and Twitch all do this. It might be something regarding that they're all video related. I personally enjoy watching movies//other people play while I'm playing.

Does anyone have any suggestions to fix this issue?

Get a better computer?

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immikey wrote:

It might be something regarding that they're all video related.

It might. Then again it might not be.

I can't really understand how so many people in this forum post about technical problems they are having yet provide absolutely no details whatsoever about their system and the steps they might have already taken to solve the problem.

It's practically impossible to fix bugs if they or the circumstances surrounding them are described so vaguely or not at all. No one can find a bug that affects only certain people with certain systems/drivers if those users don't post about what exactly these systems/drivers are.

Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.120830-0333)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Alienware
System Model: Alienware X51
BIOS: BIOS Date: 12/21/11 14:46:17 Ver: 04.06.05
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2320 CPU @ 3.00GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 555

I play with the following settings:

Adapter: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
Resolution 1024x768
Display Mode: Windowed Fullscreen
Vsync: Off
Shadow Type: Variance Shadow Mapping
Antialiasing Quality: Off
Texture Quality: Medium
Texture Filtering: Trilinear Filtering
Post Processing:Off
Screen Shake: On

Let me know if you guys need more details. I know close to nothing about computers so Im just trying to give you the info you may need. I've done some modification trying different setting types to see if it fixed the issue and Im not having any luck. I change the adapter to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 option and it doesn't allow me to save my changes and stays using the Intel(R) HD Graphics Family.

EDIT: Try loading PoE with your GTX instead.

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Jonathan wrote:

Hey guys, what I'm wondering is if the game is selecting the incorrect display adapter or if there is some other problem.

There is a command line option that you can pass to the client that will force it to use a specific adapter.

If you pass "-adapter:0" then it will use the first adapter in the system and passing "-adapter:1" will select the second, and so on.

If one of you with this graphics card could try starting the client with -adapter set to 0, 1, 2, 3 and so on until the game will not start and see if any of the adapters in your system cause the game to run fast.

If that *does* fix it, then I can add an adapter selector to the options menu so that you can select the correct one to run the game with. If it doesn't work then I'll have to do further investigation.

Source: this thread

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GFValkyria wrote:

EDIT: Try loading PoE with your GTX instead.

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Jonathan wrote:

Hey guys, what I'm wondering is if the game is selecting the incorrect display adapter or if there is some other problem.

There is a command line option that you can pass to the client that will force it to use a specific adapter.

If you pass "-adapter:0" then it will use the first adapter in the system and passing "-adapter:1" will select the second, and so on.

If one of you with this graphics card could try starting the client with -adapter set to 0, 1, 2, 3 and so on until the game will not start and see if any of the adapters in your system cause the game to run fast.

If that *does* fix it, then I can add an adapter selector to the options menu so that you can select the correct one to run the game with. If it doesn't work then I'll have to do further investigation.

Source: this thread

Can I get this in slightly more laments terms, how specifically do I access the command line operation. The rest of the instructions seem pretty straight forward. Thank you for your help!

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immikey wrote:

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GFValkyria wrote:

EDIT: Try loading PoE with your GTX instead.

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Jonathan wrote:

Hey guys, what I'm wondering is if the game is selecting the incorrect display adapter or if there is some other problem.

There is a command line option that you can pass to the client that will force it to use a specific adapter.

If you pass "-adapter:0" then it will use the first adapter in the system and passing "-adapter:1" will select the second, and so on.

If one of you with this graphics card could try starting the client with -adapter set to 0, 1, 2, 3 and so on until the game will not start and see if any of the adapters in your system cause the game to run fast.

If that *does* fix it, then I can add an adapter selector to the options menu so that you can select the correct one to run the game with. If it doesn't work then I'll have to do further investigation.

Source: this thread

Can I get this in slightly more laments terms, how specifically do I access the command line operation. The rest of the instructions seem pretty straight forward. Thank you for your help!

Okay I could really use some assistance...I have tried what one thread suggested to find this "command line option" and I cannot find ANYTHING. Seriously support forums aren't supposed to be meant to provide fixes for people with computer science degrees but rather the average consumer.

I can't find where to add this modifier, and I try to change it in game and it keeps going back to the Intel card. This is ridiculous.

Right click on your PoE shortcut. Click Properties. On the first line after the " " add the -adapter:0 command. I don't think it works though. I have a HD 6620 and a 6750m in my laptop and only 0 would work. I put 1 and got a Direct3d error and game wouldn't launch.

I tried "-adapter:1" and got the following error message when trying to hit the okay box, The name '"C:\Program Filex (x86)\Grinding Gear Games\Path of Exile\Client.exe"-adapter:1' specified in the Target box is not valid. Make sure the path and file name are correct.

I did the same with "-adapter:0" and got the same error message. Where am I going wrong?

Add a space between the target and the options.

"{Path of exile}/Client.exe" -adapter:{n}