?On my dual core machine I seem to have a consistent issue with the screensaver(I use the BOINC screensavers)...It kicks in and works fine, however, after a little while it begins to flip out (its almost seems as though there are two screensavers competing at the same time)(I know that each core handles its own project)...Does this seem to be a typical problem? Is there any fis for this??

The screensaver should cycle between the tasks on each core every 10 minutes. If the client is thrashing between tasks you may see it change more often.