DisplayFusion RSS: Intermittent bad performances, lag and stutter since upgrading to 9.6.1

DisplayFusion RSS: Intermittent bad performances, lag and stutter since upgrading to 9.6.1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a DisplayFusion RSS: Intermittent bad performances, lag and stutter since upgrading to 9.6.1 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:33:21 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a RE: Intermittent bad performances, lag and stutter since upgrading to 9.6.1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a#15 Thu, 21 Oct 2021 16:42:12 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a#15 DisplayFusion Hi John,

Could you send me a copy of your troubleshooting info? Here are the steps:

Open the Settings > Troubleshooting tab
Click the "Export Info to File" button
Reply with the file attached

Thanks! ]]> RE: Intermittent bad performances, lag and stutter since upgrading to 9.6.1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a#14 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 03:58:42 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a#14 DisplayFusion I too have been having these exact issues since moving from win 7 to Win 10 several years ago. I had another thread about it, and we determined that turning off the "automatically choose accent color" in windows settings helped alleviate this problem, and it seemed to work for a while. Now the problem is back.
The performance only seems to degrade within about a day when I have DF set to cycle images for wallpaper, and the faster the cycle, the faster the performance in windows degrades. Cycling video as wallpaper does not do this at all and I can have that running for a week with no issues. If I set the wallpaper to a single image, there is no degradation in windows performance. It's only when I have it cycling static images. ]]> RE: Intermittent bad performances, lag and stutter since upgrading to 9.6.1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a#13 Wed, 06 Jan 2021 18:43:47 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a#13 DisplayFusion Hi Bo,

Could you try out this build and see if there's any difference in CPU usage? https://www.binaryfortress.com/Files/DisplayFusion/DisplayFusionSetup-9.7.1-TEST2b.exe

Thanks! ]]> RE: Intermittent bad performances, lag and stutter since upgrading to 9.6.1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a#12 Tue, 05 Jan 2021 09:01:27 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a#12 DisplayFusion I have also been monitoring performance metrics as of late. Having the latest 9.7.1 version installed, DisplayFusion is constantly stealing 20-30% (!!!) of my Core i9 resources. That is insane and way out of line.
I especially noticed this since my upgrade to 9.7.0 (and later 9.7.1) and finally started looking into stuttering and locks happening here and there. - My DisplayFusion Taskbar is regularly lagging and this is where I see DisplayFusion stealing even 50% of my CPU.

I know finally know why sometimes my Visual Studio, Teams and Outlook run so extremely slow!

Also, I regularly get weird black areas in some apps, incl. Outlook. - I am now 99% sure that this is DisplayFusion messing something up.

I am hoping that these issues may be fixed, but I now realize that I have been suffering under it for quite some time. - This is crucial to improve, as I otherwise may accept lacking a few premium features in favor of alternative better-performing apps, as the perforamnce overhead is affecting not only my productivity but also my electricity bill ;-)

Some practical info:
I am running multi-monitor setup with virtual monitors on a Philips 49" 32:9 1440p monitor (2.1, 2.2, 2.3) + laptop monitor (1.1) + an older 1920x1200 24" monitor (3.1).
I am constantly running X Chrome windows distributed across my monitors.
I am constantly having Microsoft Teams open (mainly monitor 2.3).
I am constantly working with Visual Studio 2019 Enterprise (mainly monitor 2.2 with test runner window on monitor 3.1).
I am constantly having Microsoft Outlook open (mainly monitor 1.1).
Spotify normally running (mainly monitor 1.1).
Various other apps on-demand of course ;-)

Also, I tried shutting down DisplayFusion, which is definitely noticeable! ]]> RE: Intermittent bad performances, lag and stutter since upgrading to 9.6.1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a#11 Sat, 02 Jan 2021 17:56:27 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a#11 DisplayFusion All of a sudden it takes forever for the program to work? Now my screen just went black. ]]> RE: Intermittent bad performances, lag and stutter since upgrading to 9.6.1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a#10 Wed, 20 May 2020 15:48:54 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a#10 DisplayFusion @Colin: We've found the CPU issue in Windows 7, it's different than the Win 10 issue in this thread, but we'll have it fixed up for 9.7 Beta 15

]]> RE: Intermittent bad performances, lag and stutter since upgrading to 9.6.1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a#9 Sat, 16 May 2020 03:15:35 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a#9 DisplayFusion Latest beta still unusable on multiple WIN7x64 systems. Every system DF now pegs one core at 100% no matter how many app exclusions. Even on an old CORE2DUO DF will sit and use 50% of the box at idle. Have no way to debug why but only noticed this in this round of betas. ]]> RE: Intermittent bad performances, lag and stutter since upgrading to 9.6.1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a#8 Fri, 15 May 2020 23:48:07 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a#8 DisplayFusion Could you try the latest 9.7 Beta that we just released today?
https://www.displayfusion.com/Download/Beta/ ]]> RE: Intermittent bad performances, lag and stutter since upgrading to 9.6.1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a#7 Fri, 15 May 2020 23:37:54 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a#7 DisplayFusion

Quote:

Thanks! Not seeing anything out of the ordinary in the log unfortunately

How has it been since rolling back to 9.5?

It works perfectly with 9.5 but I'm still seeing the same behavior on 9.6.4 and I'm running completly different hardware now. ]]> RE: Intermittent bad performances, lag and stutter since upgrading to 9.6.1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a#6 Tue, 14 Jan 2020 18:48:03 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a#6 DisplayFusion Thanks! Not seeing anything out of the ordinary in the log unfortunately

How has it been since rolling back to 9.5? ]]> RE: Intermittent bad performances, lag and stutter since upgrading to 9.6.1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a#5 Tue, 14 Jan 2020 18:19:20 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a#5 DisplayFusion So I downgraded to 9.6.0 and I had the same issue. Downgrading to 9.5 however appears to have fixed the issue. ]]> RE: Intermittent bad performances, lag and stutter since upgrading to 9.6.1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a#4 Tue, 14 Jan 2020 18:10:10 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a#4 DisplayFusion Here it is, it happened constantly throughtout the log file.

When I snapped a window to a monitor, when I changed the settings for the log file, etc. ]]> RE: Intermittent bad performances, lag and stutter since upgrading to 9.6.1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a#3 Tue, 14 Jan 2020 04:15:58 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a#3 DisplayFusion Hello,
I have to agree with the oroginal poster.
I've used Display Fusion Pro since V. 7.x without issue (~2014.)
Since the latest version was updated to 9.6.1, both on Win 7Pro and Win 10Pro, I've noticed a drastic change. Switching from a single monitor to multiple monitors now takes as much as 30-40 seconds to complete the process.
I'm hoping that a resolution to this lag will arrive soon in an upcoming patch.
Thanks,
JPC ]]> RE: Intermittent bad performances, lag and stutter since upgrading to 9.6.1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a#2 Mon, 13 Jan 2020 19:44:18 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a#2 DisplayFusion Sorry to hear that! Before downgrading, could you send us a debug log?

On the DisplayFusion Settings > Troubleshooting tab, change the Logging drop-down to "L1: Log Minimal" and click Apply
Reproduce the issue and note the time so we'll know where to check in the log file
Click the "Export Info to File" button on the Settings > Troubleshooting tab
Reply with the file attached
Disable debug logging after sending the log

After grabbing the log, feel free to try one of these out:

DisplayFusion 9.6.0
DisplayFusion 9.5.0 ]]> Intermittent bad performances, lag and stutter since upgrading to 9.6.1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a Fri, 10 Jan 2020 18:14:00 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/intermittent-bad-performances-lag-and-stutter-since-upgrading-to-961/?ID=7d1dbea0-0a84-44ec-9629-42349d17180a DisplayFusion Hello,

I had zero issues with the previous version and since upgrading I'll have random lag spikes. Also snapping windows in my split monitor setup is very laggy every time.

Is is possible to download the previous version of displayfusion somewhere? ]]>