Set it to 100%. Instant solution.

I'm using RMClock on my desktop, and I've realized it allows me to save on some energy costs by allowing me to run the CPU at its highest speeds only when necessary. BOINC screws with that by making it jump from highest to lowest settings every second.

I don't want BOINC running at 100%, and I looked at threadmaster's instructions, and I wanted nothing to do with it because of the steps it would take to get it working. I could do it, but I just don't want to go through the steps to do it.

Under better circumstances, I'd love to run BOINC and help out with distributed computing, but personally, this little issue's gonna have to be fixed before I get onboard with it, and I hope they get to it quickly.

You make it sound as if idle at 100% uses the same energy as 100% BOINC. If that is what you mean, times have changed and that is not the case at all.

Running a computer at 100% load all the time has some real month to month energy impact on the average household.

Wanting to modify BOINC to contribute the amount I'm comfortable contributing should be a major concern.

As of now, it's interfering with my computer usage so the whole purpose of BOINC is being defeated by its flaws.

I'm glad some are giving more to this charity than others. Then again, perhaps having lived a more productive life actually preventing or curing diseases instead of patting oneself over the head for keeping more computers in the "on" position might have been better charity, but we don't hold that against anybody do we?

wcgacct3, you can't conclude anything about your computer's power use unless you actually hook up a watt meter and test it.

May I suggest that the most productive solution for you would be to decide what percentage you want to contribute, then set BOINC to run, for example, only during the night at 100%. This way, you will average 60% (or whatever you choose) and can also take full advantage of your computer's low power settings for the rest of the time.

I must stress that what you seem to want (BOINC running at 60% while your computer remains in low power, underclocked mode) is counter-productive. It is much more energy efficient to run your computer at full power for a short time, than to run your computer at reduced power for the longer period it would take to do the same amount of work. You can even turn your computer off completely while it is not crunching. As you know, that is the very most energy efficient mode.

This is a lesson we have learned from much experience with BOINC, and I hope you find it useful.

While a smoother throttle is planned for BOINC, it is needed for other reasons. Energy efficiency hasn't really been mentioned in that context.

Curiously I wrote virtually the same content in a reply as Didactylos but checked not to double up as we so often do. Thanks David Autumns for sharing this assessment. Much appreciated.

Sekerob