Is it just me or am I really getting better performance for maxing out all settings?
Just now I thought of maxing all sliders... just for the heck of it... and what do you know... I think my FPS did not drop.. perhaps even became more stable...

I'm running on a single 970, i5 4690, 8GB ram.
Also just out of curiosity, how much FPS do you guys get in Novigrad? In certain areas I get 60 fps, but in others I dip down the 40s.

My FPS went from 45-50ish to 60 with the 1.03 patch.

i7-4790k
16GB DDR4-2400
Gigabyte Windforce 970 GTX
Windows 10
Shadowplay w/Twitch streaming Enabling

Settings:
1920x1080
Everything Ultra except the following:
Depth of Field disabled.
Foliage Range: High
Hairworks: On w/AA set to 4.
HBAO+: On

Did you not have any saves before you patched the game? They should still work.

My fps fell from 40-60 to 30-40 with 1.03. Dunno.

My Rig:

FX 6300 Overclocked
GTX970 (latest driver)
16GB RAM
Windows 8.1

from 45 FPS Ultra without Nvidia Hair to 50 FPS Ultra with Nvidia Hair.
And the Game crashes are gone :)
Patch 1.03 is awesome ;)

Hmm.. this is one curious case... Mileage varies so much from player to player... Only problem I've got with this patch though is that I noticed when I dip around the 40 FPS range, there's some sort of micro stutter.

I had in 1.02 some strange stuttering when I was running, fighting etc. 1.03 patch fix it and it feels much smoother.

I might, but I just experienced a driver crash on 1.02. I'm not sure if there's files leftover from 1.03 causing the problem or if my gfx card has just decided to die whenever I try to play now.

Performance-schmerformance... Switching to borderless window actually gives me a nice FPS boost, from 35 to 50+. O_o Can anyone else check, please?

Would be nice to put which GPUs you have. I didn't noticed mayor differences on my GTX 960

You can read Patch notes. It did improved performance I play it on gtx 980 and it runs 60 FPS on Ultra ( hair works on) i can even play on 2k with nice 40-45 fps.

On my end.. switching to borderless window mode lowers my fps by 2~3..

My issue I mentioned before is somehow fixed itself after I verified the game files on galaxy. I haven't experienced any driver crashes or sluggish performance yet.

Also upon further testing.. I am really experience some sort of frame skipping when fps dips around 40...
I'd really wish I get a solid 60 on Novigrad though.