Originally Posted by ToddMcF2002 
I'm on an earlier version (1.3 I think) and I'm about 35 hours in. Certain areas get down to around 18FPS but in general it is very playable. This mod breaths life into the old girl. It is hardly a 'crap project'. Spending 1-2 hours to set it up properly for your 50+ hour play through seems like a good investment to me?
Totally agree with Todd, I set up the 1.3 version using the You Tube instruction video, took about an hour and has run great since.