[jurialmunkey]

Try turning off online info in the info dialog.
Skin Settings > Miscellaneous > Customise info dialog lists > Use online information (disable)

There is an issue in Kodi where if plugins are used inside the info dialog, it can cause slow downs on some systems. It's not related to the actual plugin because the plugin is only active whilst the content is loading. It's something to do with how kodi handles the content after it loads.

I've noticed that it affects performance regardless of whether the info dialog is active or not.

Other suggestions:
https://github.com/jurialmunkey/skin.arc...erformance

Would you consider having an option to use fade animations, similar to Estuary, or would this be a pain to implement? It might be a good option for low end devices or anyone seeing issues with the current transitions.

The issue isn't the transition (also skin uses the same type of slide in from sides transition for info dialog as Estuary). The issue is a drop in FPS due to some Kodi core issue with processing plugin paths.