Very long loading times - PoE 2

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Same issue here. CPU limiting seems to help sometimes.
after the spectacular update no one asked for, seems to be worse actually

Load times really are bad here. Using m.2 drive too which is a fast drive. Previously in poe1 load times were good with it.

Is this going to be addressed? Opening map or the ingame shop takes like 5+ seconds and the load times are too long at all times. It's quite annoying.

A terrible update that made the game an even more unoptimized piece of turd. At the start of poe2, everything was great, after update 2.0, problems started with loading the location and the monsters in it - invisible monsters can kill you, teleport to the city and you can walk with a black screen and other similar problems... It's a pity that I can't play this perfect game enough, but it's not perfect in terms of optimization =(

Same here.
Loading times were not fast with 0.1, and after 0.2 became nearly unplayable.
Loading between zones take 0.5-2minutes
Loading into cities takes 1-2minutes

Makes it really hard to play in party where everyone has to wait for me to load in :(

Same issue, made a thread the other day, but it got buried. So I'm bumping this.

Here's what I wrote in my post:

Since the EA launch I have ETERNAL loading screens. We're talking 2-3 minute loading screens into town and 1-1:30 minute loading screens between areas/maps. I also have performance issues as of late, which I didn't have previously - 20 FPS in combat, monsters not loading in - If I run to the end of the area/fought for a while, somehow I gain 80 FPS and everything is smooth.

While the state of the game isn't my favorite, I'd love to be able to play more, but these loading screens actually drain me so much from wanting to play. I can't even trade, because by the time I get into my hideout, the guy has obviously just left because it takes so long.

Things I've tried on my end:
Re-installing the game on another drive
Deleting shader cache folders
Increasing shader cache to 100gb limit in Nvidia settings
DX11, DX12, Vulkan
Put PoE2 to high performance in Nvidia Control panel AND in Windows graphics settings
Verify integrity of game cache in Steam
Disabling shader pre-cache in Steam (Rebooted after, did nothing, so re-enabled)
Running the .exe file of PoE in Windows 8/7 Compatibility mode
Running as admin
Updated Nvidia drivers

None of these helped with performance or loading screen time.


I am always running without any background applications, at max I'll have Firefox open but no streams or videos running.
Haven't had any issues with newer games, besides just having to run on lower video options. Other games I've played recently with zero issues on the same rig: Tekken 8, Deadlock, CS2, Elden Ring, Hell Let Loose.



- My PC specs -
OS: Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
GFX: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (yes, it's in the PCI x16 slot)
RAM: 2x 8GB 3600MHz (XMP Enabled)
Storage: M2 SSD with plenty of space

Same Issue, I really get sick of restart game 100 times a day,

I can't play almost every loading screen it's stuck and I kill the game and start to beginning,

most of the user can take level 100 times faster than me because I lost time kill and open game every time,

I can make a video for 15min

My Computer specs

Product Name: Katana 15 B12VGK
OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 64-bit Ver.24H2(OS build 26100.3775)
BIOS Version: E1585IMS.319 Date
BIOS Release Date: 2025/03/17
EC Version:
CPU: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12650H
Memory: 16 GB @ 2400 MHz
- 8192 MB, DDR5-4800, Samsung M425R1GB4BB0-CQKOL
- 8192 MB, DDR5-4800, Samsung M425R1GB4BB0-CQKOL
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, 7948 MB