Framerate drops and latency skyrockets

I've been playing for a few months and one of the annoyances I've noticed, at least on my machine, is that an FPS hit almost always coincides with a latency skyrocket. Normally I'm about 20 to 30 FPS and 50-100ms latency, but out of the blue it will drop to 1 or 2 FPS and shoot up to 500ms latency or higher. I could be standing in town and the FPS will drop while the latency explodes.

My computer specs are:
Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 3.3GHz processor, Nvidia Quattro 3450/4000 SDI, 4 gigs RAM, and Windows Vista 32 bit Home edition. All drivers are fully updated.

I know the graphics card is the weak link here, but it does still meet minimum specifications for the game and in fact runs it fine most of the time. The worst offender though is the Malachai fight where the game is more of a slideshow than anything else. I've set all the graphics settings to the minimum, including editing the config file for textures to be at 5 and thus the models just look like slightly prettier Final Fantasy 7 models. Even with that and 800x600 resolution, I still get the slideshow and thus the fight is unplayable due to needing to move around and make sure Malachai doesn't do his teleport murder.

Does anyone here have suggestions on what I can do to alleviate the frame rate drops/latency explosions, aside from getting a new video card? I will be getting a new card eventually, but something to help in the mean time would be wonderful so the game can be played reasonably well.

Same. i got better pc but having the same things

same here

Same here

Happens on my rig (i5 2500k @ 4.0 / 8GB ram / 560 Ti)
Also on my laptop (amd firepro 4000 / 16gb ram / i7 something)

Lowering settings, switching predictave / lockstep, nothing helps
pretty much unplayable the moment i enter act 4. other acts don't have it as intense as act 4.

Hi,

Same issue here. When I do an map the spikes in latency, frame time and FPS is like a rollecoster going upp and down. For now the enjoyment and playability of POE is really low :(

Any GGG feedback on this? How to proceed and troubbleshoot the problem? I have no problem with latency spikes in other games and the computer is not lacklustering preformance.

I got the same problem here. Hopefully the fix it. My internet is stable all the time apart from when I am on POE. I have tried testing my latency on other games such as CS:GO and League of Legends and my ping remains constant with little to no jumps. But when I am on POE my connection occasionally jumps up to 70-130ms and freezes my game for a second before instantly going back to my constant 30ms

Yep, same problem here, hopefully there is a fix for it soon, really wanted to play.

Bump

I have a FX 8350 4.2ghz, 16gb ram, and a R9 280x. Have the same problem.

no idea of my computer spec

but I too have massive lag spike, FPS drops.

In the last hour, I have been disconnected at least 16 times... and it's still happening.

At first I thought it was just me, but upon looking at the forum, this seems to be massive issue.