Howdy guys.

Picked this up today, as I enjoyed The Witcher and I had some spare money so it seemed like a good idea.

Been looking through various forums today for anything that might indicate why my performance in this game is so sub-par, and so far I haven't been able to find anything.

So I'm coming here.

INFOS: ============================================================

Running the game at native 1920 X 1080 resolution (variety of quality settings, discussed below)

Processor: Intel Core2 Duo E7500 @ 2.93 GHz 2.94 GHz
RAM: 8.0 GB
VidCard: ATI Radeon HD 5670 (1024 MB)

Latest video card drivers that I can download.

ATI CCC Settings all follow application settings, so nothing should be forced on.


PROBLEM ========================================================

So. I'm not crashing. I'm just getting piss-poor framerates here. 10-25 even when I turn everything to lame and low. I'm talking zero bells and whistles.

Tried turning resolution down to 1600 X 900, raised me to 15-30. Yay.

My question here, then is: what's the problem with my computer or settings or whatever?

Is it the processor? Is it the video card? Is it both? Is it something entirely different?

I'm not looking for over 60fps constantly here. I'd just appreciate 40 if possible, 30 if not, and I'm not seeing why I'm getting such poor performance (my processor is the only real possible bottleneck that I see here, but even it's well above min).

I would appreciate any help you can offer, and can post more information as requested as I know computers vary heavily.

I am HOPING that I don't have to shelve this until future years, but am not in a position to spend money on upgrades at the moment, so if it's hardware I will have to put it on hold, but it's still good to know either way, and hey... maybe it's not hardware.

Thank you in advance for any help! It's very appreciated.

EDIT: As a frame of reference, I've got Battlefield 3 beta cranked up with all the bells and whistles besides vsync and AA and it's running at a steady 27-30 all day (I know that sounds low, but it looks incredibly smooth on my machine and plays great... and it's cranked vastly higher than The Witcher 2)

Dang.

I would have expected to get 30 frames with above minimum on native res. I have so much that runs so great on here.

Guess I'll shelve it until next year.

Thank you for your help.

Okay. As a bit of a PC snob gamer I'm usually unwilling to scale resolution below native to play any game, but this game is still amazing and more beautiful at a lower res that gives me a steady 30 frames.

So in case there's anybody else out there who, like me, is a resolution snob and can't get great fps at their favorite res... It's still a beautiful game scaled down and you should not miss it.

Thank you again for your help on the matter, cjrgreen.

I'm afraid your video card is too slow. It's comparable to a geforce 9600 GT. You simply won't be able to run this game smoothly unless you lower your resolution.