my hats off to whoever found this i forget who you were but this actualy works wow i hardly have anylag and im running win7 64bit 9650m GT nividia.

Inside the game hit the ~ key and type toggleEmotions

please respawn back if this works for you.

Yeah, we've seen it before. Doesn't work for me and others.

nope

One of my biggest problems with the game is the performance hit that comes when looking at NPCs, and while this didn't fix it 100%, it does help mediate it. Thanks.

Does not work for me either that much, but it did increase fps by like 2-5.

I wouldn't say it FIXED the problem but it reduced the lag by a ton in most instances. I can sort of play now...but a patch is what is needed most.

Thank you for this.

good ideas though, would be nice if its something just to switch off in the console

Oh I am so happy for you -.-.. most of us cannot even play the game..

Well to you that it did not solve the problem I am sorry, but this along with disableing all the water functions has fixed it for me.