Liquify tool is lagging to the point of being unusable

MacOS Sonoma 14.1.2

Adobe Photoshop Version: 25.2.0

Liquify tool is unusable. Any mouse movement/brush stroke/brush resize causes an extreme delay.  Delay is not present when the mouse is over the properties menu of the liquify screen, only when the mouse is over the image itself. I have checked and double checked that everything is up to date. I have checked the GPU compatibility in the Photoshop menu, all green checks. Turning off GPU in the photoshop settings does help the liquify issue, but this is not a viable workaround as it affects other tools in the program negatively. This started as an intermittent problem but now is happening every single time I use the program. I use this tool heavily and am very frustrated with this issue. Please advise.