hi guys.
i just download the game and last nvidia driver for withcer3.
all settings on LOW and i get 20-30 fps...
my rig :

GTX 660
cpu : core i5 3340.
ram : 8gb.

is it normal... this game use 100% of my GPU on low settings...

Yes, that is pretty much the bare minimum it runs on. Have you tried decreasing the resolution?

yea... 30-40 fps on super low resolation..
this game is realy need optimize...
i just waste my money cuz with this settings ( super low ) no body likes 2 play this game...
this is first game i have only 30 fps on super low...

Just making sure, because it happened to me. If you are playing on laptop, make sure it's not defaulting to use the Integrated Graphics card.

For me, it was using that, and it was unplayable. Then I used NVIDIA task manager to set to default to use NVIDIA card.

well, how about me, im still downloading the game. but i have a gtx 650ti. [i know iknow, the minimum requirement on video card is gtx 660] lol, im even hoping it will run on my video card because that would be an epic fail because i would then need to buy a new video card just for this epic game.

@Hycinthus - no i playing on PC ,not laptop...
@xcom25msl - gtx650ti... i think u cant run this game... becuz this game using 100% of my GTX 660.
game is amazing but game engine is realy bad... i have 60 fps in any game ( med or very high settings 1080P )
i cant belive i get only 20-30 fps on REALY poor graphics...

Interesting. I get 30 to 50FPS at low/medium settings at 1080p with a GTX 470. Have you downloaded the latest Nvidia drivers that is supposed to be optimized for Witcher 3? 352.86 in case anyone wanted to know.

yes . i download and install this driver... nothing change.20-30 fps on Super low settings...

I get 45-60 FPS on low setting with everything off with a GTX 580 or I get 18 FPS on ultra with everything on I settled for a stable 40-45 FPS set up @1080p with most settings on high some on medium and FPS killslike Hairworks and AO are off i don't like blur or motion blur so they are off too.

But i really don;t see much differnce in how the game looks from ultra all on, down to low and all off...well apart from the frame rate.

My rig is

i5 2500k @4.7Ghz
EVGA GTX 580SC 1.5 GB @830Mhz (smal overclock 33Mhz)
8GB DDR3 @1600Mhz

The game is on my external HDD so relies on my USB port speed for loading, I'm not using the latest Nividia Driver because it's new and as far as i'm aware it sucks unless your card is a 9xx card.

You could try an older driver I don't tend to update drivers unless i have a problem the same way I leave my bios alone unless it's broken, I don't like read for game drivers as they wont support older cards any way.

Try tweaking the settings to see if there's anything in particular that is in conflict with your hardware/software. I'm just guessing here in case you are restless but my initial advice is to wait, I assume they will fix performance and stability issues with patches. Some settings affect more than others. For example, I find the Bloom setting horrible as it actually makes the entire screen brighter instead of specific lightsources (as it should). Light Shaft is a far better option to leave on but apparently Bloom doesn't drain too much performance so you can leave it on if you like the look.

It's possible to go beyond both Lowest and Ultra by changing numbers in the user.settings but you might break things and it will take time to test those individuall (to make sure they are actually making a difference) so make sure to make numerous back ups to easily switch between them.

Hey i'm happy at 40-45 FPS that is smooth with Vsync turned on and most setting at high ;)

finally downloaded the game. oh great. it still runs on my GTX 650ti ( @ fx8320AMD cpu). Yes, that's a GTX 650Ti ladies and gentlemen, it can run the game. but boy oh boy, i set it on "MEDIUM" graphics at 1920x1080 and holy smokes it ran an average of slow poke 25-30 fps. sometimes it even hits the dreaded 20fps on some battle occasions. this is not fun and playable at all after a few hours playing this game a this frame rate you will surely have headache. gonna try to play at lower resolution and "LOW" graphics settings but this is just gonna be stupid. why play a great game on this graphics mode-its not ok.

Anyone noticed actual performance improvement with newer drivers? I still have to try them because they don't work on my system. Anyway, I strongly doubt they improve performances.

i cant see any difference between new driver and old one...

neither can i