With BOINC latest just started up the first HDC in the queue:

06-07-22 22:59:35|World Community Grid|Restarting task B00006_0270_YTMA10B2-4-6-3-c2_1 using hdc version 505

Looking at the Taskmanager, beyond the first 5 / 10 seconds of loading where it takes 95% of the CPU time, it drops down to between 15 / 20 % and not waivering from that, whatever activity performed. When i suspend the HDC and resume a HPF2, it just goes straight back to 95/97% where BOINC normally runs....i.e. whatever it can get. Returning to the HDC, it drops immediately back to this 15 / 20.

I use Threadmaster, so added the name mask of the science to the registry with same percent at HPF2. Switching off Threadmaster and booting, without Threadmaster makes no difference. HPF2 takes max, HDC only 15 / 20 percent.

Reading about the impending BOINC throttle, does HDC have special features that make it run slow(er).

CPU is a p4 ht 2.53Ghz with 1gb ram, not OC'd
Device ID 34409

Temporarily disconnected from the internet and disabled Firewall/Antivir in case settings in there were set incorrect, but this also made no difference.

The one HDC i ran under UD agent, just to see it working finished fine in about 3 hours, if that has any relevance....the science being essentially same, without the graphics.

I've parked HDC for the moment and resumed the next HPF2.

thx