Maya completely freezes while IPR image updates.

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When doing an IPR render, whenever the image is updating Maya is completely frozen for a second or so while it updates. Is this normal or is something off with my system?

I can set the refresh time as high as it goes so that it doesn't update as often but this slows things down quite a bit when having to wait 10 seconds every time I'm testing minor material adjustments.


I'm rendering at 8500px and have the HDR option selected. Maybe this freezing just a result of having to update such a large image?

any thoughts about this?