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bralpdx
Jan 8, 2026 5:06 PM UTC
Question

Lightroom v9.1 slow performance

There has to be a memory leak in Lightroom version 9.1. It runs incredibly slow after a while, with significant input lag. This should not be the case for the hardware that I'm running this version on.

 

To reproduce, just let the application idle for an extended period of time, then try and use it by applying various settings to an image. The input delay is significant.

App Version: Lightroom version: 9.1 x64 [ 20251204-1659-82a72fd ] (Dec 4 2025)

Platform and OS: x64, Windows 11

System info:

Computer model: ASUS System Product Name / AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core Processor
Logical processor count: 16
Processor speed: 3.7 GHz
Real memory available to Lightroom: 31910.3 MB
Real memory used by Lightroom: 3148.6 MB (9.8%)
Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 6684.6 MB
Memory cache size: 58.9 MB

Graphics Processor Info: DirectX: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti (32.0.15.9159) - 15.5 GB

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AlekeCommunity Manager
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Jan 8, 2026 6:33 PM UTC

Hi @bralpdx, welcome to the community!
We haven’t been able to reproduce this issue on our side yet. When you get a moment, try going to Edit > Preferences > Performance and temporarily disabling GPU acceleration. If the issue goes away with the GPU turned off, that would point to a GPU‑related problem.
If that’s the case, try rolling back to an earlier driver version to see if it helps. And if you’re currently using Game Ready drivers, switching to the Studio drivers can sometimes make a big difference with creative apps.
Thanks
Alek

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bralpdxAuthor
Jan 18, 2026 1:38 AM UTC
Hello Alek,

Apologies for the delay in response. So far I have tried the following
without success.
- Set GPU acceleration to off
-- Arguably slower performance
- Downgraded drivers
-- Same issue
- Upgraded drivers
-- Same issue
- Creative Drivers
-- Same issue

Something is causing a hang, and it's borderline unusable at this point for
sessions longer than 30 minutes.

Thanks for looking into this.
Jonathan
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AlekeCommunity Manager
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Jan 19, 2026 3:05 PM UTC

Hi @bralpdx, thanks for the update.
When you get a moment, could you share the full System Info report from Lightroom (Help > System Info)? You can copy it into a text file and attach it here, or share it with us through Google Drive, WeTransfer, or any file‑sharing service that’s easiest for you.
Thanks so much!
Alek

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