OS: Windows 7 x64 Monitor: 2560x1440 CPU: Intel Core i7 870 2.93 GHz Display Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Emacs Version: emacs-24.3-bin-i386.zip. . . . . Mar 19 02:43 ftp://gnu.mirror.iweb.com/emacs/windows/ (Similar bad performance with 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, and 23.4. Although 23.1 is not as jumpy as 24.3) .emacs config: (setq scroll-step 1) Open a text file in text-mode with 200 lines, avg line length 60 characters, max line length 70 characters, go to end of buffer, hold up arrow to scroll up. Result with emacs-24.3: starts at 10% cpu usage, then stays near 90-100% cpu usage Result with emacs-22.3: 0% cpu usage Open a text file in text-mode with 4000 lines, avg line length 60 characters, max line length 70 characters, go to end of buffer, hold alt-v to scroll page up. Result with emacs-24.3: scrolling is jumpy, skipping rendering some pages, stays near 90-100% cpu usage Result with emacs-22.3: scrolling is smooth, renders all pages, 0-10% cpu usage .emacs config: (custom-set-faces '(default ((t (:stipple nil :background "black" :foreground "grey" :inverse-video nil :box nil :strike-through nil :overline nil :bold nil :underline nil :slant normal :weight normal :height 75 :width normal :family "sixten"))))) Open a text file in text-mode with 4000 lines, avg line length 60 characters, max line length 70 characters, go to end of buffer, hold alt-v to scroll page up. Result with emacs-24.3 with smaller font (6x10 from X11): scrolls one page, then stops rendering anything (second to last page stays on the screen), uses 100% cpu until top of buffer is reached, then starts rendering again. Result with emacs-22.3 with smaller font (6x10 from X11): scrolling is smooth, renders all pages, 0-50% cpu usage. In GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.1.7601) of 2013-03-17 on MARVIN Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601 Configured using: `configure --with-gcc (4.7) --cflags -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libXpm-3.5.8/include -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libXpm-3.5.8/src -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libpng-dev_1.4.3-1/include -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/zlib-dev_1.2.5-2/include -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/giflib-4.1.4-1/include -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/jpeg-6b-4/include -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/tiff-3.8.2-1/include -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/gnutls-3.0.9/include -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libiconv-1.13.1-1-dev/include -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libxml2-2.7.8/include/libxml2' Important settings: value of $LANG: ENU locale-coding-system: cp1252 default enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: Fundamental Minor modes in effect: tooltip-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t buffer-read-only: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Recent input: C-x 1 M-x C-y Recent messages: For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. Load-path shadows: None found. Features: (shadow sort gnus-util mail-extr emacsbug message format-spec rfc822 mml easymenu mml-sec mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mail-parse rfc2231 mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader sendmail rfc2047 rfc2045 ietf-drums mm-util mail-prsvr mail-utils warnings time-date tooltip ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel dos-w32 ls-lisp w32-common-fns disp-table w32-win w32-vars tool-bar dnd fontset image regexp-opt fringe tabulated-list newcomment lisp-mode register page menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax facemenu font-core frame cham georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao korean japanese hebrew greek romanian slovak czech european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev minibuffer loaddefs button faces cus-face macroexp files text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64 format env code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote make-network-process w32 multi-tty emacs)