Severe graphical issues in PoE2 despite using correct GPU – worked fine until a few days ago

Hello,

I’ve been having severe graphical issues in PoE2 over the past few days.

✔️ I’m using a laptop with:
- ASUS TUF Gaming A15 (FA506NF-HN004)
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 (dedicated GPU)
- AMD Radeon integrated graphics (disabled for PoE2)
- All drivers are up to date
- Windows was clean reinstalled
- The game is running off a single internal SSD

🛠️ What I’ve tried:
- Verified correct GPU is used (via Task Manager, GPU Load, NVIDIA Panel)
- Game is running on Vulkan (also tested DX12)
- All shader/cache/config folders were cleared multiple times
- Used both in-game and manual config file edits
- VRAM usage is correct (~2.2 GB during gameplay)
- Tried various resolutions, quality settings, FPS caps, etc.
- No overheating (FurMark tested), no hardware faults found (ASUS diagnostics)
- Tried running the game in offline mode
- Re-downloaded game files + reset configs
- Texture Quality *cannot be increased beyond Medium*, High is unavailable

⚠️ Symptoms:
- Textures are blurry and flat (especially on mobs, environments)
- Effects and animations (like enemy spell effects) are delayed or missing entirely
- Performance fluctuates, with constant stuttering and input delay
- In hideout graphics are *mostly okay*, but entering maps causes instant degradation
- Issue appeared suddenly 2–3 days ago – before that, game ran fine

It seems the engine is either not detecting my system’s capability correctly, or forcing lower settings regardless of what’s available.

Any help or developer attention would be very much appreciated. I’ve attached diagnostics and can provide logs or system info if needed.

Thanks in advance!

I have a high end rig, and even turned down all of my settings. For the past day or two now I've had a small spike on the red line causing a disproportionately large frame time spike.

I also experienced Graphics issues. Right after my Driver update.
I used NVCleanstall to create a customized driver after I debloated my driver in safe mode and the problems gone.

Having same stuttering issue. Updated NVIDIA driver today to try to address, did not fix. Worked fine for a while then stuttering got bad.