Performance Improvements

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For example, opening a Strongbox can generate a random Rogue Exile.

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64-bit DirectX 11 Client
In the future we plan to release an alternate Path of Exile client that is compiled as a 64-bit executable and will use DirectX 11 rather than DirectX9. This client will require Windows Vista or above (and a 64-bit CPU). The old client will still work for Windows XP or 32 bit machines, but won't have the performance improvements that come with DirectX 11. This release is planned for 2017.

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sklipnoty wrote:

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Nicholas_Steel wrote:

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sklipnoty wrote:

but won't have the performance improvements that come with DirectX 11. This release is planned for 2017.

Euhm ? You guys for real? Dx12 is out ! I mean honestly you are still talking about XP? Fast-forward 5 years plz.

DirectX 12 is still brand new, I don't expect there to be a lot of knowledgeable coders out there that understand it well and can code for it well/optimize it. Everyone is still in the learning phase! It would make no sense for them to go to DirectX 12 when hardly anyone knows how to optimize it or use it, when thousnads/millions of people have great understanding of DirectX 11 and there are tons of resources and documentation for DirectX 11 unlike DirectX 12 which currently has what? An SDK? Whoopdeedoo.

I agree but up until a certain point. If you don't invest time and resources now, you will see the same performance story within a couple of years. Aside from that dx12 is alot more than an SDK.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dn899121(v=vs.85).aspx

Anyway I think it's bs to punish people who cleary do have the resources to take this game to the next level.

Ow and switching PoE's engine, I'm all for it btw. :). Do a support pack round for it and only that and I'm in.

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Just because DX12 will be release doesn't mean that it will make a huge difference for path of exile. As mentioned, it may not be stable for some time resulting in even more trouble.

And you forgot another problem too: DX12 will work only on windows 10. GGG can't expect everyone to upgrade to Win10 so that they can play their game.

When it comes to switching POE's engine, I don't think this will happen anytime soon. This is a enormous and very expensive task and the time and money they spent to optimize the current engine will go to waste.

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Nicholas_Steel wrote:

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sklipnoty wrote:

but won't have the performance improvements that come with DirectX 11. This release is planned for 2017.Dx12 is out ! I mean honestly you are still talking about XP? Fast-forward 5 years plz.

DirectX 12 is still brand new...

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VarthDaver wrote:

Any chance you can let the client actually load the whole amount into RAM? Those of us with 16/32/64GB ram would likely trade initial load for removing lag.

Otherwise, glad to have the update!

if you've got the ram for it, then creating a ram disc and installing PoE on it would be a performance improvement in the mean time

edit: I'm hoping the dx11 64 bit client has some good multithreading. it's not so good to see one and a half threads being used while gaming on a 12 thread system