

and welcome to my comprehensive guide to performance of Path of exile and how to improve it if u have Problems! All Options are included as well as tips for specific problems!

Note: Disabling sound through program properties added

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Test Specs

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Intel core i5 4570

Amd Radeon R9 290x OC

16gb Ram





Test Case

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Path of exile patch 2.x (beta)

Naked Scion

Mud Flats

1920x1080 resolution

Each test was run about 10 times in the same full cleared instance.





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FPS: More = Better

Vram: Less = Better



Max Details

Post processing ON

Spoiler FPS: 555 (+/- 0) (+/- 0%)

VRAM: 309 (+/- 0) (+/- 0%)





Post processing OFF

Spoiler FPS: 505 (- 50) (- 10%)

Vram: 195 (- 114) (- 37%)





Shadows Low

Spoiler FPS: 585 (+ 30) (+ 5%)

Vram: 300 (- 9) (- 2%)





Shadows OFF

Spoiler FPS: 715 (+ 160) (+ 29%)

Vram: 293 (- 16) (- 5%)





Anti Aliasing Medium

Spoiler FPS: 600 (+ 45) (+ 8%)

Vram: 307 (- 2) (- 0%)





Anti Aliasing OFF

Spoiler FPS: 635 (+ 80) (+ 14%)

Vram: 304 (- 5) (- 1%)





Texture Quality Medium

Spoiler FPS: 592 (+ 37) (+ 7%)

Vram: 245 (- 64) (- 21%)





Texture Filtering

Spoiler FPS(trilinear): 572 (+ 17) (+ 3%)

FPS(2x): 567 (+ 12) (+ 2%)

FPS(4x): 565 (+ 10) (+ 2%)

Fps(8x): 558 (+ 3) (+ 1%)





All minimum

Post processing ON

Spoiler FPS: 1193 (+ 638) (+ 115%)

Vram: 151 (- 158) (- 51%)





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Resolution Scaling



All max, post processing ON

Spoiler 720p = 143% performance

900p = 115% performance

1080p = 100% performance

1440p = 73% of performance

1800p = 55% of performance





All min, post processing ON

Spoiler 720p = 135%

900p = 112%

1080p = 100%

1440% = 84%

1800% = 61%





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Low textures



How to activate them

Spoiler Open the productionconfig.ini. You can find it here: C:\Users\"username"\Documents\My Games\Path of Exile

Search for: texture_quality=0

Now delete the 0 and fill in a 3 instead.

Save the ini. When u start the game dont change the texture quality or it will reset it back to the original.



Performance compared to "high" and "medium" textures

Spoiler High = 530 fps (+/- 0) (+/- 0%)

Medium = 570 fps (+ 40) (+ 8%)

Low = 680 fps (+ 150) (+ 28%)

Disclaimer: The fps changed from the values in the original test due to using a new test instance.



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Increasing performance out of the game with external tricks

Spoiler Turn down the quality of your AF in your graphics card driver.



Eliminate programmers running in the Background, such as steam for lower CPU usage.





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Disabling the sound engine for better performance

Spoiler Right-click your Path of Exile shortcut, select Properties and then add the option after the Target: "%ProgramFiles%\Grinding Gear Games\Path of Exile\Client.exe"



Add: --nosound

Disabling the sound engine sometimes help alot with stuttering.





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Problem solving:



General low fps

Spoiler Turn of shadows

Turn down Anti aliasing





Memory Problems or spiky fps

Spoiler Turn off post processing

Turn down Texture quality

Turn down Texture Filtering

Disable the soundengine (A "how to" is shown in the section above)





High fps, but hard fps drops

Spoiler Limit your fps to 60.

1. Use Vsync (Not optimal)

2. Limit it within the nvidia driver (Nvidia cards)

3. Limit it with "RadeonPro" or "Msi Afterburner" (AMD cards)

Disable the soundengine (A "how to" is shown in the section above)





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Useful links

Spoiler How to limit fps on AMD cards

http://www.radeonpro.info/features/dynamic-frame-rate-control/





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Thanks so much for reading, aceCrasher Hello,and welcome to my comprehensive guide to performance of Path of exile and how to improve it if u have Problems! All Options are included as well as tips for specific problems!Note: Disabling sound through program properties added---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Test SpecsTest Case---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------FPS: More = BetterVram: Less = BetterMax DetailsPost processing ONPost processing OFFShadows LowShadows OFFAnti Aliasing MediumAnti Aliasing OFFTexture Quality MediumTexture FilteringAll minimumPost processing ON---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Resolution ScalingAll max, post processing ONAll min, post processing ON---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Low texturesHow to activate themPerformance compared to "high" and "medium" textures---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Increasing performance out of the game with external tricks---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Disabling the sound engine for better performance---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Problem solving:General low fpsMemory Problems or spiky fpsHigh fps, but hard fps drops---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Useful links---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thanks so much for reading, aceCrasher Last edited by aceCrasher on Apr 23, 2016, 4:08:54 PM Last bumped on Apr 23, 2016, 4:09:23 PM