Severe Performance Issues and Crashes on Intel ARC GPU

Hello,

I am playing Path of Exile 2 this season and have reached around level 80, but I am currently unable to continue mapping due to severe performance issues on my Intel Arc GPU. When there are more than about 10–15 monsters near my character, the game becomes extremely laggy and my FPS drops from a stable 60 FPS down to around 10 FPS, making it effectively unplayable at this stage of progression.
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Here are the issues related to the Intel Arc GPU that I am experiencing:

Vulkan: When using the Vulkan renderer, the game consistently crashes within about 30 seconds of launching.

DirectX 12: When using DirectX 12, the game runs at around 60 FPS in town or low-density areas, but as soon as there are more than ~10–15 monsters around the player, FPS drops to roughly 10 FPS, which makes level 80+ content impossible to play.

DirectX 11: Switching to DX11 does not solve the problem; performance is still unstable and far below what the hardware should be capable of.

I have already tried all of the commonly suggested workarounds and troubleshooting steps, including:

- Updating to the latest Intel Arc GPU drivers.
- Updating my motherboard BIOS and chipset drivers.
- Installing all available Windows updates.
- Swapping between Vulkan, DirectX 12, and DirectX 11 renderers.
- Lowering all graphics settings to minimum, including shadows, textures, post-processing, and disabling VSync.
- Changing upscaling and AA options (Intel XeSS, FSR, TAA, and native resolution).
- Forcing “High performance” mode in Windows power settings and in the graphics settings for Path of Exile 2.
- Running the game in fullscreen, windowed, and borderless modes.
- Clearing shader cache / letting the game rebuild shaders and verifying game files.
- Enabling/Disabling ReBAR.
- Reinstalling the game.

None of these steps have resolved the crashes on Vulkan or the massive FPS drops on DirectX 12 with Intel Arc. At this point I have stopped playing Path of Exile 2 because I cannot reasonably play endgame content at 10 FPS, and I am waiting for an update that properly addresses Intel Arc compatibility and performance.

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Thanks,
Charles

BUMP. THIS IS IMPORTANT PLEASE FIX THIS ASAP. THANK YOU!