Actually.. my issues just returned for some reason. I closed all unnecessary background apps, and such, and now the problem seems pretty persistent :/ Small constant lags, but pretty notable an annoying. I tried to record it with Fraps, but then the game got completely laggy, and i couldn't even move around (recorded at 30 FPS).
Using the newest drivers for my system, on a newly installed Windows 7 64bit with SP1, with the latest DX installed. Is there really no one else experiencing these issues besides us?
Playing FPS games with a joypad? never fancied it
but if it works for you, thats great! at least one of us got a working game.