Extreme Lag
Hi
I love the game - except for the major lag problems. Everything in the game works fine - but when I find any large groups of mobs I will start lagging. 99.99% of this will result in my death or being disconnected. This major lag seems to have increases when sacrifice of vaal came out but it was still here before that. I dont bother playing because whenever i find a huge group of monster and try to run when the lag comes i cant because the lag prevents me from escaping. I would love to buy extra features from the shop but because its so unreliable playing that i basically quit the game. I decided today to try to play again thinking the lag may have improved .....bad idea died 3 times within 5 minutes just trying to go through the slums from monsters that couldn't critically hurt me if i wasn't lagging. (It doesn't help the a shadow suffers more than anyone when lag hits) And my internet connection is fine as I can play a huge amount of high quality games without suffering any lag. :P |
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Sounds to me like your "lag" issues are video/PC related and not network related. Can you please describe this "lag" more without using the word "lag". "Lag" is a general term popularized back in the olden days of gaming before online gaming really became a thing, and has since adapted to a LOT of different things. Instead of using the word "lag" (ever), it is much more beneficial to describe the actual problem you're having... whether that be framerate issues, network latency, etc... the word "lag" CAN actually mean any of them, so it makes it really hard for us to properly diagnose your problem when you don't clearly describe the actual problem, but instead substitute a "generic" word instead.
If it is NOT network related, please also post a DxDiag.exe export ("Save all information" button) in a spoiler tag here so we can take a look at your hardware and drivers and maybe figure out something there. If it IS network related, run a WinMTR trace in the background while playing. Let it run/capture while you play for at least 300 packets (around 5 minutes) and make sure that it captures some of this "lag" so we can see it captured in the trace. Also post a screenshot of the game with the F1 graphs displayed when you experience this "lag" and we can correlate it with the WinMTR report. |
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Hi
I dont think this is a computer pc problem, I can run all sorts of computer games without problems. I can run games that take up alot of processing power, which then my computer says low on memory. POE is not one of the games that gives me any memory warnings or warnings of any kind. I can run battlefield bad company 2, counter strike source & global offensive, dayz,team fortress 2, left 4 dead 2 and state of decay without any problems. Going to do the tests that you suggested. Thanks |
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For winmtr is there a specific ip that I should test or any website will do?
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Just because you can run "other games", doesn't mean it isn't a PC problem still. PoE is not "other games". "other games" have multi-million dollar budgets and resources to make their games perfect and playable on the crappiest of hardware. In contrast, GGG is a tiny indie studio with a tiny indie studio budget. They built their own engine rather than paying to license a different engine which might not have worked for what they wanted. These things are hard to do and generally take a LOT of time and money. So just because "other games" work, doesn't mean that PoE will.
So please post a dxdiag.exe export so we can take a look at the hardware and see if something there is potentially causing issues. As for the WinMTR, the instructions are in the Consolidated Technical sticky post. What you trace to will depend on which gateway you use and if your problem is isolated to a single instance/map, or is an overall issue. |
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Heres my system
Couldnt post the .txt file here as it is to long in length so heres a link https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EKFnPyn1ZYGTxMtmkbHyT0p37IXr8rhYRfZk0dHFR0w/edit?usp=sharing New thing that I have experianced - when im in a battle and the game seems to freez (not using lag) the connection will seem to be reset and il have to relog and travel back again |
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do you have a dedicated video card besides the integrated hd4000? If not, that's probably part of your problem. Integrated cards aren't meant really for gaming (neither are laptops for that matter). If you want to game, you need a dedicated card and preferably a PC built for gaming.
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dont have a dedicated graphics card - im kinda postponing building my own pc until i get the time. Does poe rely on discrete graphics cards? - I never noticed these problems with poe until sacrifice of vaal was created.
---------------- what are the minimum sys requirements for poe (I know poe is very different than other games, but kinda curious to see what they are) Последняя редакция: funkspiel#2395. Время: 30 мар. 2014 г., 21:21:52
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" The minimum listed on the Steam Store for Path of Exile I feel is a bit outdated and inaccurate.. but it lists 2GB RAM and a Radeon x1950 or GeForce 7800 GT. Again, I feel as those those are a bit outdated and it's pretty hit or miss if you can play with those specs at all. IMO, 4GB RAM is the minimum and you want something in the GTX 500+ line (or better) and comparable for the Radeon. The reason those cards are listed is they are supposedly the bottom barrel cards that support Pixel Shader Model 3.0 which is required for Path of Exile, but I've seen a few x1950 cards that don't properly support PSM3.0 because of the brand of card. It doesn't REQUIRE a dedicated card, but you have a couple of things already going against you.. main one being you only have an integrated card on a laptop. Laptops are poor gaming systems, even the ones with dedicated cards, and they have heat dissipation issues. They tend to overheat quickly if not maintained properly, and they're just generally more hassle than they're worth for gaming. They are GREAT for portability and office type functions. But leave the gaming to real PCs built for it, or for lower-end games like Tetris or Minesweeper. |
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" Ok ill Help with this: DxDiag.txt AMD|FX-8350 4.1GHz||PATRIOT|Black Mamba 2133MHZ 4x8GB||AMD|Radeon HD-7970 Crossfire||KINGSTON|HyperX SSD 240GB||Eyefinity x3 LG's||NZXT|Phantom 820 Full Tower Case||Phobya|NanoX 1500RPM x4||XSPC|Xinruilian 2000RPM x6||XSPC|Razor VGA Full Block||SWIFTECH|MCP35X Pump||SWIFTECH|ApogeeXT CPU Block
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