Kinetic Blast of Clustering unplayable on 4080 super

For the past 2 days I've been encountering game breaking performance issues.

This is my last resort in trying to contribute after spending 10+ hours trying to fix my issues.

First my specs, GPU : 4080 super , CPU: ryzen 7 7800xd3, Ram: 32 gigs ddr5

Issues: ingame desync, rubberbanding, high latency induced by ability use, stuttering, fps drops, crashes, disconnects.

steps I've taken to fix the issue:
1. Reinstalled the game
2. Everything shader related, cleared shader caches in poe and nvidia folder.
3. Restinstalled current GPU drivers, downgraded GPU drivers to the past 2 versions,
reinstalled the newest one again, which is currently still active.
4. Changed every possible setting and as well as rendering device, game restart after every setting change, 10+ minutes in random maps to rebuild shader cache after deletion.
5. Windows specific settings related to hardware acceleration and game mode turned on and off on each specific rendering device.


ingame settings : Changed everything to minimum, then to maximum. Issue still persists.

Dynamic culling : enabled, Dynamic resolution : enabled, Engine Multithreading : enabled, Shadows : default, Triple buffering : Disabled, currently all other settings set to lowest possible, upscale NIS(tried all the others too), AA quality : Off, Lighting: Shadows(Default), Shadow Qual: Low, rest low.



screenshots of graphs while using different rendering devices :


https://imgur.com/a/nY7qizp



I don't know what to do, game is unplayable. Like actually unplayable to the point where I can't complete a singular map.


additionally, my setup uses desecrate with an offering skill + volatile dead of seething and tornado on a spellslinger setup.

Forgot to mention, since this is seemingly particle related, Im using the scarab of wisps.

Same issues, I even bought the heritage mtx to check performance, it helps a little but this is not the solution.

I have tested several 3d optimizations and I lowered in game graphics to the bottom. The game halts for several seconds once you have multiple attacks fired at the same time.

In an open map, open unstable Breaches or Legion. I cannot hold down the attack key. Once multiple attacks are in the air the game pauses for several seconds at a time.

The only way to make it slightly playable is to attack once in a while. But this is not a solution either.

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radyze#6859 wrote:

2. Everything shader related, cleared shader caches in poe and nvidia folder.

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Support wrote:

Clearing your client's cache will clear out several temporary storage locations that Path of Exile uses for things like downloaded images and graphics shaders. After clearing cached shaders your client performance will be temporarily degraded while the client regenerates the shaders it needs. For this reason we recommend only clearing your client's cache as a last resort when troubleshooting a crash or other graphical problem, or if the size of the caches has become a problem.

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3072628


It's unlikely that any CPU can handle high-end content without precompilation. You need to build up some cache, which means it will get better over time. You should use the same graphics API (D12 or Vulkan), as they have different caches. You should use the same graphics settings, etc. Just play and suffer while the cache accumulates, until the cache can cover all your fast, heavy, and unpredictable gameplay.