1) Message boards : GPUs : Can I run BOINC without the annoying screen saver? (Message 63884) Posted 28 Aug 2015 by Martin FitzGerald Post: That's exactly the answer I was hoping for. I've set the screen saver to blank and it's a lot quieter now. Thanks a lot.

2) Message boards : GPUs : Can I run BOINC without the annoying screen saver? (Message 63882) Posted 28 Aug 2015 by Martin FitzGerald Post: I am running BOINC continuously on my Windows 10 home computer (DELL XPS-8500 with 16G RAM, Nvidia GeForce GT640). The BOINC processor option is set to use a maximum 90% of CPU (50% when there are complaints about the noise). When the BOINC screen saver starts up after the PC has been idle for a while there is a big increase in noise from the fans even though the Windows task manager shows no increase in CPU activity. My question is this: when the screen saver is running is the PC actually doing more useful work than before or is the screen saver just putting more load on the GPU to no useful purpose? How can I tell BOINC not to run the screen saver (which is annoying anyway) and instead default to a black screen? Thanks for any advice.

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