Even on the lowest settings, it's like I'm playing an online game and getting over 1k ping.

Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 @ 2.66ghz
4gb DDR2 Ram
ATI Radeon HD5750

So I'm slightly above Recommended. Ubersampling is off, EVERY effect is set to its lowest possible (AA and AF are off, texture compression at highest, etc.), playing in 1440x900 (native res). Even in cutscenes the game is chopping, playing in windowed mode doesn't help, and I don't have any settings activated in my ATI profile.

The lag is actual lag, like, I'll give Geralt an order (ie. tap "W" to move forward"), and it takes a few seconds before he responds. Game is unplayable right now due to this.

I'm guessing a few patches will sort it out. I'd replay Witcher 1 in the meantime but the swamp sections... :(

EDIT: It looks like it probably is my processor. I thought the Dual Core was in the recommended specs, but it's actually minimum, so that would explain the terrible performance. Not interested in upgrading right now, so at least when I do get around to it the game will be in a better state than it is currently (patches, DLC). The game was a gift, so not really a loss.

what are your specs? do you have ubersampling on? and what drivers are you using?

What video card are you using? Check This FAQ for possible issues/solutions.

sorry for my ignorance, how do I disable ubersampling?

Launch the launcher, select 'advanced' change the ubersampling setting.

thanks mate
somehow I got into video and controller settings from the launcher. I might have missed the advanced menu option

Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 @ 2.66ghz
4gb DDR2 Ram
ATI Radeon HD5750

So I'm slightly above Recommended. Ubersampling is off, EVERY effect is set to its lowest possible, playing in 1440x900. Even in cutscenes the game is chopping, playing in windowed mode doesn't help, and I don't have any settings activated in my ATI profile.

The lag is actual lag, like, I'll give Geralt an order (ie. tap "W" to move forward"), and it takes a few seconds before he responds. Game is unplayable right now due to this.

I'm guessing a few patches will sort it out. I'd replay Witcher 1 in the meantime but the swamp sections... :(

Geez does nobody bother to read other posts before starting another and they have a thing called the READ ME read it it says turn off UBER unless you have a SUPER Computer.

Uber was never on for me, do you always jump to conclusions?

Your CPU is bottom of the pile id guess its that. Do you always start a new thread instead of reading the other ones with 50+ people saying what your saying ??.

EDIT : Late at party...

Super smooth performance here... Intel Q9550 and a GTX 480. I have everything on and high except for ubersampling.

I came here asking a question, of course I scanned the other topics before posting. There's no need for you to act so childish - isn't this game for a mature audience?

The betas that released today. And no, I don't even install the 3D drivers because I don't use 3D. You can choose for them never to install at all when installing the drivers by going to "custom installation."