GGG i beg you PLEASE FIX THE CPU AND GRAPHICS LOAD

Exact same situation, game ran PERFECT from launch up until recently it runs like ass

4070 i7 32gb ram

Last month or so game has basically become unplayable because of this.
Constant Shader and Drive Spikes, FPS Drops and Rubber Banding

Some maps make it considerable worse, such as:

Savannah
Vaal City
Steaming Springs
Sun Temple
Penitentiary
Gothic City
Bluff Tower
Sunken Spire Tower
Mesa Tower

These are just a FEW of the maps that ping my CPU to max regardless of settings and result in me getting like 70fps.

Proof of this,I run maps like Crypt, Sulphuric Caverns, Vaal Factory on Tier 16 maps juiced with packs and not drop a single frame, it holds a constant 140, even during action. But the second you load into any of these maps performance TANKS. They need to optimize the game or add network predicitive mode like POE1 to counter the jank.

Also ever since I noticed these issues with POE2, I took my PC in to my local build shop and got it fully tested, everything checked out.

Also I play other games which are just as CPU bound if not even more, like Tarkov and Stalker 2, and I get 140+ fps on both those games.

It honestly feels like there is a disconnect between DX12, Nvidia Or the Unreal Engine on TOP of GGG's side.
It feels like one of them is scuffed AF and affecting the whole game.

So they need to fix POE2

Drops to 70 or even 40 fps in new game on current gen of cards and cpus is not dog**** performance really. Ofc it can be optimized further probably, but really if that's your worst case scenario in endgame on early access, then I'd say it's more a compliment to the game.

no matter how good your machine is. It's definitely down to GGG. I hope they will optimize a lot more

Agreed, CPU usage needs serious optimization.

I find funny every time I start the game it complains my drivers are not up to date... but exactly me with my drivers from 2023 do not have any performance issues or crashes :P

Optimizations will definitely come before 1.0. However, they improve all the time. Record some examples to show the issues along with your dxdiag.