I bought the Steam version to reward CDPR bringing it to Linux (already had the game on GOG), but its performance is significantly worse than running the Windows version in CrossOver :/ Given its age I don't really mind that they've used a wrapper, but I was expecting it to at least match Wine in performance and stability.

BTW if anyone didn't know this already you can use the key that Steam gives you to get a DRM-free copy of the game on GOG (Windows & Mac only for now, but GOG will be introducing Linux support later this year): http://www.gog.com/witcher/backup

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My experience so far:

System specs:
Linux Mint 16 KDE 64-bit
i7-2600k @ 4.5GHz
8GB RAM
Nvidia GTX 570 (driver version 319.60)
Display resolution 1920x1200

The 'native' port is extremely stuttery even at reduced settings :/ However the Windows version (tested on Windows 7 and on Linux using CrossOver) runs quite smoothly with settings almost maxed out.

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