Bad videocard performance in portrait mode

Bad videocard performance in portrait mode

Since I develop software for a living, I really cannot have enough vertical space, so I have started using my work monitors in portrait mode. I am very happy with the way this works out from a general usability perspective, but I have noticed a number of applications that seem to refresh their screens more frequently than they need to, or that do not refresh as quickly as they used to.

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I'm sure you've checked this, but it sounds like a driver or middleware issue. If you're not using the Intel drivers to rotate the screen output, I would try uninstalling whatever you are using, updating to the latest Intel drivers and seeing if that makes a difference. If not, checking to see if you can give your onboard card more memory in the BIOS might be reasonable. And while it would suprise me if either of the apps you mention used directx, updating directx may also fix some redrawing issues.