This game is gas lighting me in thinking I have a complete ass computer
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cpu: 9800 x3d
gpu: 7900 xtx Anyone figure out how to make this game not run like ass on AMD products? I don't have straight up crashing but I freeze for seconds at a time (see the gears loading screen) and then can resume whenever it's done. It gets pretty annoying since it happens like every other minute. It's definitely more noticeable when I play a spark CoC build compared to like a poison PF. It is 100% a cpu issue (which is absurd considering what cpu it is xd). Previous leagues I had an i7 intel cpu and everything was fine. UPDATE: So I'm dumb, it's not a cpu issue it's a gpu issue. I possibly fixed it? So rolling back the drivers to a more "stable" version didn't completely fix the issue but it did get better. The thing the fixed the problem completely so far has been taking off all my MTX cosmetics (had nightfall armor and a pet). I've had smooth gameplay for the day or so after removing the mtx cosmetics. The moment I equipped the pet I starting freezing again. Last edited by MSSxd#7985 on Jan 13, 2026, 2:26:20 PM Last bumped on Jan 13, 2026, 4:09:05 PM
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What version of your 7900 XTX's driver are you running?
The current version of PoE 2 is... very particular about driver versions. Having spent thousands of euros on Path of Exile over the years, I will not be further supporting it financially until and unless GGG resumes offering Technical Support.
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" I'm running the latest drivers. I already tried rolling back the graphics drivers to an older version and it really doesn't do much. It has to be something with spark CoC because I was playing a good amount with a poisonburst PF and leveling with plants for an oracle with minimal problems. The moment I transitioned into spark CoC (with choir of the storm) my performance just went to shit. It kind of tracks since I was also having the most problems when I was playing the spark/coc/orb of storms stormweaver on league start. Last edited by MSSxd#7985 on Jan 8, 2026, 11:02:58 PM
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" I run a humble system with: cpu: 2x Xeon 8280 Platinum (56 cores, 112 threads) GPU: RTX 3080 ram: 1.5 TB ECC Board: Tyan S7100AGM2NR-EX On a crappy Phanteks Enthoo Pro hacked for special fan service and some Noctua NH-U14S DX-3647... The sad thing, PoE2 is the champion of stuttering.... Others games do stutter too, a lot 😂, don't feel bad about your UMA setup, it gets worst on NUMA... |
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I found a few things that might help.
Disabling windows 11 HDR Disabling windows 11 night time blue light filter Updated Nvidia driver to latest and set the DLSS override model preset to latest After doing those My computer stopped screen flashing |
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specifically nvidia update fixed my deadlock it seems
and turning off the night time blue light filter stopped my monitor from going black then loading back in. |
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" That doesn't necessarily mean it's a cpu issue. I've had gpu issues this league that weren't there last league. Have you tried Vulkan instead of DX12? I'm having this freezing/cogs with DX12 (albeit on an NVIDIA card), which isn't there with Vulkan. |
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Spoiler
--nologo --no-nv --24h2-mt --test-disable-transfer-queue --test-std-alloc --test-disable-frame-move-jobs --test-disable-frame-render-jobs --no-device-recovery --disable-assert-box
i just post it here magic command line |
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" Well see, there's your problem. You're losing 2% performance in synthetic benchmarks due to ECC. Obviously. "Never trust floating women." -Officer Kirac
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The gear lock loading screen usually occurs when Windows thinks the GPU drivers are crashing. The game recognizes this is happening and pauses while the drivers are refreshed. You can check the log files afterwards to verify this is your issue. It will say something about reconnecting display adapter drivers and usually with a specific error code(0x887a0005)
To my knowledge this only happens on DX12. There is a way to edit Windows registry which basically just tells Windows to give the drivers more time before attempting to recover. Google "regedit tdrdelay" for instructions. I personally haven't tried it as I just use Vulkan these days, but I suspect it might help. You also mentioned reverting drivers helped. That could also be a shader caching issue. Again, only seems to happen on DX12. Changes to drivers usually wipes the cache. For whatever reason, this game goes completely overboard on the caching. Last time I was on DX12, I checked my shader cache and it was at like 13gb. All from poe2, only game i had installed. I don't think shaders can run optimally when it gets that large. Unfortunately when you wipe them that means the game needs to cache everything again. |
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