Loading various different things is killing my enjoyment of the game

Hey

So I have a slight problem with my Path of Exile currently. Two different ones to be exact that are slowly killing my enjoyment even though it is my favorite game.
I know that the game requires better and better specs but mine are not yet outdated, here they are:
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700 CPU @ 3.00GHz 3.00 GHz
Installed RAM 16.0 GB
Storage 932 GB SSD Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB, 1.82 TB SSD Samsung SSD 860 EVO 2TB
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (8 GB)
System Type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor


The game is installed on the first one SSD Samsung 970 EVO Plus and I am using DirectX v12.

Vsync: Off
Triple-Buffering: Off
Upscale Mode: NIS
every other setting in between on the lowest possible.
Dynamic Culling/Resolution: Disabled
Engine Multithreading: Enabled


Problem 1: Loading Screens
Loading screens take forever (30s on map or mirage load and up to 2min for a town load) which doesn't make sense. I hear people walking around after mere seconds, abilities or minions and even my own portals opening up when I die in a map and reload into my hideout but the loading screen takes 20 more seconds or longer for a town.
Update: I hear someone loading into my hideout and buying stuff from Faustus while I am in the loading screen.

Problem 2: Invisible enemies and attacks
If dynamic culling would be turned on that would make sense, but it is turned off. Many attacks aren't loading in properly same as enemy models. I can currently only provide a small example from harvest enemies with bad quality (sorry about that) but in the Chambers of Impurity boss fight his crusader model does not load for a looong time. His attacks (the laser for example) is invisible as well as his statues that he spawns around him. The slaps that send forth projectiles invisible. I cannot dodge what I cannot see. So I die and end up in at least 1min timer until I can go back because of the loading screens.

Those 2 problems are currently killing my mood to play the game. I have tried probably every setting combination at this point, my drivers are up to date. I even reinstalled the entire game twice to check it on both drives after I cleared the cache multiple times.

There are also some images that show the graphs in the loading screen or when there is something happening that is not fully visible.
Imgur: https://imgur.com/a/poe-loading-pHC0VHf

Update: I will send new pictures in the Imgur comments if I get new ones.

Update 12.03.26: I am not sure why but it seems better now? I did not change anything but the loading times are drastically lower.

Last edited by Roxion#1871 on Mar 12, 2026, 11:29:11 PM
Last bumped on Mar 11, 2026, 5:10:16 PM
(Ignore this as I figured out how I can update the original post)
Last edited by Roxion#1871 on Mar 11, 2026, 4:35:33 PM
I have the exact same issues, have had them since this league's launch, didn't have these problems in 3.27 at all.

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