ah... well, if the aspect ratios are the same (i believe they are in that pic).. then the slowdown in pip swap is within wow as it sizes up.

effecting that size up would be rendering the internal surfaces... afaik. try reducing the number of surfaces that would need to be re-rendered. to do this, try reducing the details your wows are rendering. after that, screen resolution may help

of course... here is a thought... what is the cpu, memory and graphics card you are using?

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