On my laptop the GUI has really high GPU usage as soon as I have any interaction with it, even when the window is in the background (unless minimized).
It seems something forces redraw all the time even if you do not have a trace opened.
For reference here are the specs of my laptop:
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz (12 CPUs), ~2.6GHz
On my laptop the GUI has really high GPU usage as soon as I have any interaction with it, even when the window is in the background (unless minimized). It seems something forces redraw all the time even if you do not have a trace opened.
For reference here are the specs of my laptop:
Here is a PresentMon + TaskManager:
However I note that it's using GPU 0 (which is an Intel integrated chip) but it still quickly triggers my laptop fans :)
A few actions I can see to minimize the issue: