3.10.2 Patch with Beta of Vulkan Renderer

lab ladder prize rework when?

After trying it myself, holy crap it's like day and night. Even in delirium, I can even feel my high refresh rate again...

So smooth I feel sad this wasn't done earlier. Great job GGG!

For me, this minor patch is the largest content update since the initial game release.

I've been playing since 2013 on Linux, briefly tried on Windows where everything was smooth, but it's not worth having Windows for just one game. So I played without audio and only tanky builds (RF, summoner, jugg) for the past years, on hardware that can otherwise handle properly written AAA games at 4k and ultra settings.
Now I can finally try out a twitchy / fast paced play style without several 5 second freezes during boss fights or crowded screens. This opens up a whole lot of content in terms of build variety I haven't enjoyed so far.
And the audio of this game is actually decent!

Good work GGG :)
Now if you provide a native interface for Linux based OSs I'm committing to start buying supporter packs.

All you need to know:

Diablo - a couple of seconds from launching till playing on HDD, no invisible mobs, textures, no lag, freezing, crashes, runs smooth as butter.

POE - a couple of minutes from launching till playing on SSD, invisible mobs, textures, lag, freezing, crashes. Choppy as f u ck, latency spikes, lag spikes.
(Expect 15-20 minutes wtih an HDD by the way)
Check out Sirus - when you enter zone with Zana there are 2-3 spikes to 0 fps.


Yeah it's a dx11 problem, sure buddy, tell me one more fairy tale.

Currently I'm on an I5 3570K processor and 970 GTX using the new Vulkan. For me personally it's been quite a large difference in performance. Endgame yes it's not buttery smooth but it doesn't become unplayble like it was before. Vulkan doing very nicely thus far. Thank you GGG, keep up the good work!

Is this a pc only beta atm ?
This sounds like would be very nice addition for me as I'm playing on a regular ps4.

Cant activate it. is greyed out. On a GTX 2070. Newest driver and startet from x64.exe Any ideas?

Just tested a couple of minutes, vulkan works good for me.

i5-2500k, 8GB RAM, Win10 x64, GTX 1060 6GB

It just crashes on switch.

An annoying screen tearing is happening to me, I've tried to enable v-sync and all the other options but it didn't go away.