Texture loading on every zone + constant stuttering.

GTX 970 and 6 years old CPU here. Stuttering and game loading textures in slowly during gameplay is an issue. However the stuttering is not constant, I tried simply waiting in the start of a map or new area after triggering new enemies to spawn and the performance got better.

So it seems the issues are not really with performance per se but with the way how the game loads in certain content in mid gameplay. And these problems seem to be league mechanic-specific:

For example Betrayal League- and Harvest league loading issues have come back with a vengeance. First time loading these encounters after a game start can be extremely dangerous thanks to 2-6 second long freezes. These are the two worst examples. After the initial huge stutter the performance calms down and these encounters run smoothly like the rest. I have to run a Jun quest in a very safe white map first to ensure a sudden Syndicate ambush doesnt kill me in more dangerous maps.

Mid-tier performance issues are caused by Delirium, sometimes Conqueror portals and certain Rituals (especially the speed one).. A new Delirium map after game startup has random 0.5-2 second freezes whenever the game loads in Delirium enemies or boss effects (especially the boss effects).

Interestingly other league mechanics that you would THINK should be performance-dropping are not. I've had 0 issues in Blight encounters and maps despite the screen being cluttered with enemies and towers shooting bright colorful things.

Finally the skins of whales are causing loading issues and occasional crash in busier towns, particularly in Rogue Harbour where sometimes it takes 1-3 crashes before you actually get in. This is definitely an issue with the game having trouble loading all the player skins since Heist had 0 performance problems in town when they were single player instances only.

Maybe it helps pinpoint the issue. The performance killers seem to be league-specific ones that have also caused performance problems in the past and the issue is not overall performance but the game loading assets in some faulty manner that causes major freezes especially in the beginning.

Had the same problems as all of you mentioned here. Constant fps drops, latency spikes, crashes 4 or 5 times per map and so on. The game was unplayable since the last patch but the previous league was everything fine. I've spent a whole week trying different settings, checking my hardware and internet connection. Nothing seemed to help, it was frustrating.

Now the game is running quite smooth (better than ever), no crashes for 2 days, no fps drops or latency spikes, just a few seconds of texture loading once i start the game.

What have worked for me is in my opinion the combination of the following things things. I've tried all of the steps previously and none of them changed anything for the performance, but the combination fixed it somehow for me.

What i have done:
- install newest driver for gpu
- deinstall poe
- delete everything in the install folder
- delete everything in the documents/mygames/poe folder (dont forget to backup your loot filter)
- install poe
- close steam (kill the process to avoid the risk that steam is still running in the background, otherwise the next step would not work properly)
-go to the install folder and right click the x64.exe of poe and click start as administrator.(always start the game like this)
-before logging in set the renderer to vulkan, video sync off, manual fps cap 60.(not sure if the last steps are necessary but it worked for me)
-enjoy the game, cheers

Texture streaming has been updated to lessen CPU usage and improve overall performance on weaker systems.

Yey I finally might be able to play the game again!

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HaxzoR wrote:

Texture streaming has been updated to lessen CPU usage and improve overall performance on weaker systems.

Yey I finally might be able to play the game again!

No, not yey. They arent allowing us to disable all together which is essentially them spitting in our face.

Content Update 3.13.0 -- Path of Exile: Echoes of the Atlas
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3009157

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Texture Streaming has been reworked. Many textures that were not previously streamed now are, and the image quality of streamed textures has been improved. This also addresses some hiccups around the first time certain events occured within a session (such as slaying some monsters). This change will be monitored and improved in future updates based on player data.

that says all

this new texture streaming is bullshit...
constant lags

RX580
FX-8350
8GB DDR3

nothing has changed for me! still slow loading textures. especially in towns or npc areas but also on maps..

worst league ever

My experience with this iusse.


I had massive problems with steam and directx or vulcan. I got some little improvements with disabling sound volumes and --softwareaudio start param.
Now i switched to standalone client and vulcan renderer with --softwareaudio start param and im thinking my problems are gone.

I think it is a problem with the steam client.

I have been experiencing massive problems since 3.13 as well. Influenced maps are borderline unplayable, due to 15-20 second lags whenever new monsters spawn and effects have to be loaded. Deleting all caches and disabling all sounds helped somewhat, but the problems have slowly accumulated again.

I'm quite used to shitty performance as I play on Linux but the last time I recall it being this bad was Metamorph. I won't play anymore as dying in mid-tier maps on freezed screens is not exactly one of my preferred leisurely activities.

My system: Ryzen 5 3600, 16gb RAM, Radeon RX470 8GB, running PoE via SteamProton 3.15.3 on Manjaro Linux (Kernel 5.10).

Just my 2cents because i have the same problems.

Currently playing on DX11 and the game is constantly stuttering, in the first few maps of the day this problem is huge, then it starts getting better (after around 30mins of playing) and worsens again if playing like 4+ hours for me. Delirium + heavy mob packs (Harbinger node says hello) are super bad.

Vulkan doesnt have this problem and everything runs a lot smoother, but Vulkan is unplayable due to constant crashes. (Especially unplayable because im playing HC and i don't want to rely on a TCP macro logging me out to save my ass)

Playing the game on the lowest graphic settings possible. Dynamic resolution is enabled but doesnt do much. Launched the game over the 64bit exe and deleted all cache folders possible, didnt do anything.

GTX 1060 6GB
Ryzen 2600
16GB Ram

Edit : as everyone already said, this problem didnt exist in heist for me too