Some additional sysinfo:
http://massman.dk/tmp/cpuz.htmWhat is that "something else" that causes the problem then?

It seems odd that of the (granted small) sample of people I've asked that used 64bit system, all of them got high cpu usage when scrolling, and none of the 32bit xp users had problems.
What I just can't comprehend is how mIRC Script Editor can scroll with 1% cpu, while any channel/query/statuswindow scroll gives full cpu usage and huge unresponsiveness. If I go nuts and scroll 3000 times, or change between 2 channels 3000 times, mIRC will lock up and be unresponsive for more than 10secs.
Just adding one line of text, people joining/parting etc, cause short bursts of +40% cpu before idling back at 0% again.
It just doesn't make sense that displaying simple text is the most cpu heavy task that my computer will do during an average session. Especially when I know that mIRC performed flawlessly on 32bit xp.