Latest Lightroom Classic feels slower than ever

Hi there!

The previous LR Classic version was snappy and responsive. The latest build is extremely slow, adding a mask takes 5-10 seconds and the image glitches alot. I have an Asus ROG Strix 18 laptop with a Nvidia 5070 ti graphics card and 32 gb ram & a nvme SSD, running Win 11 Pro. When lightroom is opened, everything on my computer slows down, even moving from a browser tab to another adds a 2-3 seconds lag. When LR is closed, everything is snappy and fast. I have the latest Nvidia studio driver, everything is updated, and i have setup Maximum performance in Nvidia App for Lightroom, disabled energy saving for pcie and gpu. I am on Performance mode and Ultima mode in Armory Crate. This laptop should fly, but the latest LR Classic is extremely unperformant.
Another thing that happens lately - when i try to exit, it says Lightroom has not finished writing metadata to xmp. I left it over night, still the same message. I optimized my catalog, still the same.

What can I do to fix this? I see lots of users complaining about this. Please help!

Thank you!
Cezar