Path Of Exile Performance Optimizations Underway

FPS drops from too many things happening on screen at once will soon be a thing of the past when Path of Exile Version 2.4.0, a.k.a. Atlas of Worlds, rolls out in September. Aside from the change to multithreading, the development team has also optimized the game’s particle effect system. Depending on whether your CPU has AVX support or not, these improvements could significantly increase performance by up to 4.5 times compared to version 2.3.0 of the game.

In a forum post from lead programmer Jonathan Rogers, he briefly explains the changes made to the system and how it affects the game’s performance. Rogers also reminds players that the optimizations are limited to the CPU side of things and will have no effect on rigs where slowdowns can be blamed on the graphics card.

Watch the official trailer for Path of Exile: Atlas of Worlds below or jump over to the game’s official forums for more details.