please optimise screen saver
26 Feb 2005 15:08:35 UTC
Topic 188043
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i've just noticed that with my Rage 128 Pro video card screen saver eats 50% of my CPU power.
Is there a way to make screen saver use less CPU with old video-cards ? Maybe do not run screen saver in software mode at all ? Or at least make people aware that "screen saver will consume lots of CPU with your current video-card so it is better if you turn screen saver off" It could be done with a simple check in screen saver for running in software mode and showing a warning message
please optimise screen saver
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> i've just noticed that with my Rage 128 Pro video card screen saver eats 50%
> of my CPU power.
> Is there a way to make screen saver use less CPU with old video-cards ? Maybe
> do not run screen saver in software mode at all ? Or at least make people
> aware that "screen saver will consume lots of CPU with your current
> video-card so it is better if you turn screen saver off" It could be done with
> a simple check in screen saver for running in software mode and showing a
> warning message
>
There is a setting in general options in your account page to limit screensaver graphics to x%. The default is 50%. If you set it lower, the screensaver will not get as much time, but it will be a bit jerky.
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> There is a setting in
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> There is a setting in general options in your account page to limit
> screensaver graphics to x%. The default is 50%. If you set it lower, the
> screensaver will not get as much time, but it will be a bit jerky.
Yeah but the problem is most people do not even notice their PCs are wasting time on screen saver, since most of them take a look at screen saver anyway it would be good to have a warning in screen saver :)
Honestly, do you tink it
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Honestly, do you tink it would be a good idea to have a screensaver that throws warnings (usually ending up as static modal windows)? I think that the majority of people would rather get annoyed or confused by this.
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