Game was running nicely before the patch on my GTX 980.
Not so much since.. so I tried the usual things to see what may have changed.
Drivers (mobo, monitor, kb, ms) up to date - check
Windows update(d) - check
N'Vid Drivers up to date - check (also went back one driver set just to make sure)
Uninstalled/re-installed the game (2) - check
Put all my settings (including crowds) to low or off - check
Tried two other panels - check
Threw a bunch of other games to test. - check
(All ran fine (even star citizen) 'cept for CB2077)
No mods installed because (reasons) - check
Still no sauce..
The game slams to a crawl whenever there is an NPC/AI crowd anywhere around me. If I stare at a wall, the sky, or the ground, the game runs like butter...but as soon as I lay eyes on an NPC, the FPS dies (looks like I'm turning the pages in a book). I'm not about to demand CDPR to "OMG FIX NAO!", but this is kind of annoying... With (almost) every patch something new and incredibly frustrating comes along to f#$k up my day trying to enjoy this game.
At least folks who have the GOG version can go back to 1.06 which (kinda sorta) fixes the issue.
