There a way to fix graphics and FPS drops?
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I been having all sorts of issues like the following for a while now and idk if it's on my end or POE or how to even try and fix them. All I know if my graphics cards is an AMD Radeon R9 200 series which should be perfectly fine for the game.
     Every time I enter an area like in the picture below it drops my DPS down to zero and I freeze for 3-5 seconds at a time.  Every interaction like this picture below dips my FPS down to zero and I freeze for 3-5 seconds at a time.   Any help on how to potentially solve some of these issues would be great, These are just a handful of them, I'm having them everywhere in game and with everything constantly. It also causes me to crash to the home screen or just get completely booted to my desktop. Last edited by Br00ksy#6583 on Jun 20, 2020, 8:53:24 PM Last bumped on Jun 30, 2020, 5:36:02 PM
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" I have an AMD Radeon HD 8550M (although Device Manager and AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 show it as AMD Radeon R9 M200X Series) with up to date drivers (version 20.4.2 released 05/15/2020) and I've been having the same problems. The FPS drops also happens the first time I use some skills (Steelskin, Ground Slam, Ancestor Protector...) in a new instance. When there's a lot of FPS drops happening in a short period of time, I'm kicked to the login screen with the "An unexpected disconnection occured" message. I play PoE on this computer since open beta, never had this problem before, not even before switching from HDD to SSD. I've tried to switch to Vulkan renderer, but everytime a get the error message "vk::enumerateInstanceExtensionProperties: ErrorOutOfHostMemory". |
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" Hmm I wonder if it's an AMD issue then? All my drivers and Radeon are up to date also. I have all those same issues including the ones I posted. I can play on Vulkan though which is what I been doing since they released it, if I go back to DirectX I can forget about even playing at all. Last edited by Br00ksy#6583 on Jun 21, 2020, 11:03:13 AM
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Shot in the dark, as I am not sure what kind of performance those older cards should be getting in PoE in 2020 with the new DX11 mode. I'm sure it was enough in dx9, but....
Try disabling global illumination. I had shadows + GI on and my 1080 ti was getting like 50fps at 1440p in harvest when it was capped for years. I disable GI and just go shadows and it jumps back up to my fps cap of 165. It seems to be broken this league. Might help? With GI disabled though I do see a few graphical glitches randomly. Try deleting your CachedHLSLShaders folder(or renaming it .old if that would make you feel better) in your main PoE install directory, typically C:\Program files(x86)\Grinding Gear Games\Path of Exile Last edited by tigerhawk84#7086 on Jun 21, 2020, 8:18:10 PM
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" Well my card played fine on DirectX11 before the Vulkan came out but ever since the Vulkan came out DirectX11 has been terrible and Vulkan isn't really much better. I also have turned down all my graphics in game and played around with different settings of them. I even uninstalled the game and Radeon Software and reinstalled both. Nothing seems to be doing any good though. |
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" I've been playing with 25~30 hideout FPS for a very long time (this league also). I know that it's low, but as long as I can mechanically play the game (manual dodge, press instant flasks...), it's enough for me. Sadly, the FPS drops from Harvest made the game unplayable for me. " All my graphics settings are set to the minimum. GI is already disabled. I appreciate the help anyway. Thanks. " I echo your words. I've also played with launch options (https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Launch_options), but it did not made a difference. |
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I solved my problems!
I switched from Windows 7 64 bits to Windows 10 64 bits (with a clean installation). I don't know if it was Windows 10, the graphic card drivers for Windows 10 or some PoE patch, but now I don't get disconnected when a lot of FPS drops happens and I'm able to use Vulkan (which solved the FPS drops). Playing smoothly at 30~40 hideout FPS with low graphic settings (yeah, i don't have high standards) . Hope this helps. |
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Same here. When first use skills or something new happends massive drops. Even on idle all is fluctuating. Today I played delirium and got syndicate encounter. 5 seconds freeze and death later. I did changed to lower graphical settings already but this doasnt give anything. Game is not playable! I did have zero issues in delirium. On screenshot current FPS is 26. During encounter it was 1-2 but in fact is it was 0.
 Last edited by Dhavos81#6105 on Jun 29, 2020, 9:56:52 PM
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same sicne 3.11 devs changed how dx11 works and its killed it for me. playing on vulkan now but its a lot worse then 3.10 dx11 for me. hope for patch but no words there about that.
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Same , keep posting , maybe devs will finally answer . this is getting tedious for many .
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