hi, i was just wondering, does rendering the protein graphics not eat up a tiny bit of you processing power?
ie. would it be even more effective to set the screensaver to go blank after a minute or so so that no processing power is lost to rendering the protein graphics?

(i've got a pc with no screen/mouse/keyboard being controlled with remote admin tool that just runs Boinc/Rosetta all day, cos i don't use it, and was wondering if i could squeeze more out of it by turning of the graphics.....)

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hi, i was just wondering, does rendering the protein graphics not eat up a tiny bit of you processing power?
ie. would it be even more effective to set the screensaver to go blank after a minute or so so that no processing power is lost to rendering the protein graphics?

(i've got a pc with no screen/mouse/keyboard being controlled with remote admin tool that just runs Boinc/Rosetta all day, cos i don't use it, and was wondering if i could squeeze more out of it by turning of the graphics.....)

Turn of the graphics... they are useless ;-)

hi, i was just wondering, does rendering the protein graphics not eat up a tiny bit of you processing power?
ie. would it be even more effective to set the screensaver to go blank after a minute or so so that no processing power is lost to rendering the protein graphics?

well, on a single CPU/core machine, the graphics will use quite a bit of the available power, reducing the amount available for crunching
so for best speed, don't use the graphics, but if you like to see the screen saver occasionally then sure, set a timeout of a minute or 2, then go to blank screen

(i've got a pc with no screen/mouse/keyboard being controlled with remote admin tool that just runs Boinc/Rosetta all day, cos i don't use it, and was wondering if i could squeeze more out of it by turning of the graphics.....)

in that case yes, choose a blank screen saver or something

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hi, i was just wondering, does rendering the protein graphics not eat up a tiny bit of you processing power?
ie. would it be even more effective to set the screensaver to go blank after a minute or so so that no processing power is lost to rendering the protein graphics?

(i've got a pc with no screen/mouse/keyboard being controlled with remote admin tool that just runs Boinc/Rosetta all day, cos i don't use it, and was wondering if i could squeeze more out of it by turning of the graphics.....)

The short answer is yes the display eats up CPU cycles. The longer answer is that you can adjust how much it uses in your preferences, but it will always take some time from the system. Most people only use the graphic as a diagnostic tool to observe system activity.

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