cpu usage on screen savers

Wednesday, February 13, 2008 by JavaFiend | Discussion: Personal Computing

I have a question regarding screen savings and cpu usage.  I found some I like and one in particular has my cpu usage at 50% while it is running.  I am running a new dell optiplex 755 dual core with 2gb ram, and dual monitors hooked up to a 256mb GeForce graphics card. 

My question is does it "hurt" to run this screen saver with cpu usage that high?  I have it set so my monitors turn off after one hour, but I don't know if that drops cpu usage or not.  Anyone have any thoughts?

Thanks.

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