Beachballs with external display

Normally I operate my 2010 15" MBP display in clamshell mode with an NEC 2490 external display & for past several months have had many lags (beachballs) when switching apps, websites, etc. When I disconnect the external display and open up the laptop, the beachballs disappear. I assume it is some driver problem with the display but guess it could be operating in clamshell. I've had this arrangement for years & only started having problems several months ago. Any thoughts? I'm on 10.10.2 but think this existed in Mavericks.

I have exactly the same problem with my MacBook Air connected to CinemaView 24 display. Mail printing is fine with the display disconnected. Could the CinemaView be the problem?

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Hi Mac people.
As described in the "subject field" i have been encountering some random crashes after i startet using my MBP in clamshell with my newly pruchased 24" 16:10 NEC display .
typically it occurs after about 10-20 minutes of playing world of warcraft.
-the screen goes black, saying no signal, and the MBP doesn't react to anything else but holding down the on/off button.
i have tried using the key combination alt-cmd-eject to see if i could make the computer sleep and then turn it on by opening the lid.-getting it out of clamshell to get the built-in display active again.
but none of that worked.
i also checked the dvi<->mini-displayport adapter for lose connections but i didn't find any
i have had my NEC display for about a month, and the problem has occured about 8 times now.
befor i started using my MBP in clamshell with an external display, i had no problems.
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 73505 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 3
Anonymous UUID: C8DD4168-ECC7-4842-9EF5-233F8D9763C9
Fri Jan 7 11:41:39 2011
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x00C566A4): NVRM[0]: Read Error 0x00009410: BAR0 0xa4000000 0x3f92e000 0x096380c1 D0 P3/4
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x304fad98 : 0x12b4c6 (0x45f91c 0x304fadcc 0x13355c 0x0)
0x304fade8 : 0xc566a4 (0xe86e80 0xe86e80 0xe4b6d4 0x0)
0x304fae48 : 0xf0fdf0 (0x539a004 0x533c804 0x9410 0xc92d06)
0x304fae88 : 0xf3a57d (0x533c804 0x9410 0x5c00 0x9)
0x304faec8 : 0xd5814f (0x533c804 0x46eb004 0x0 0x0)
0x304faee8 : 0xc983f1 (0x46eb004 0x304faf74 0x0 0x0)
0x304faf28 : 0xeabdb8 (0x533c804 0x3d0900 0x304faf74 0x0)
0x304fafa8 : 0xee10e4 (0x533c804 0x54a1804 0x1 0x1)
0x304fb138 : 0xee5479 (0x533c804 0x54a2004 0x4bc6a44 0x0)
0x304fb298 : 0xca227b (0x533c804 0x54a2004 0x0 0x8b46184)
0x304fb348 : 0xc63a19 (0xc1d00041 0xbeef0003 0xcafe1691 0x8b46300)
0x304fb3b8 : 0xc547ed (0x304fb548 0x6 0x0 0x0)
0x304fb518 : 0xc462d4 (0x0 0x600d600d 0x7057 0x304fb548)
0x304fb5d8 : 0x114c77b (0xc1d00041 0xbeef0003 0xcafe1691 0x8b46300)
0x304fb658 : 0x114ca53 (0x20552000 0x8b46300 0x8b48404 0x0)
0x304fb698 : 0x11136e7 (0x20552000 0x8b48400 0x304fb6a8 0x20555068)
Backtrace continues...
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
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dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(5.4.8)@0xc3d000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.7.3)@0xc2f000
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com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(5.4.8)@0xe9c000->0x10effff
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9L30
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IF SO:
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