I've been having problems since the 'click sound raid lag bug' getting ctpartybuffs and grid (or prat which i no longer use) to work together nicely.
Seperately ctpartybuffs and grid work fine, put them together, and you get the split second delays whenever the raid adds/boots someone or if someone in the raid zones etc.
It drives me crazy because I can't find a simple ui mod that allows me to just have the old style bars (i place hp/mana totals to the right of the bars, just have the % on the bars), that also allows me to see party buffs. (Simpleunitframes doesn't show party buffs).
I started to dabble with the new archeologist but I get popup errors every time i target something.
This is what I'm used to using as my party frame:
(and i have portrait damage (shows inc hits/heals on the portrait) from simpleunitframes.