Normalment l' estalvi de pantalla se suspèn quan s' activa l' estalvi d' energia del monitor, atès que no es pot veure res a la pantalla, òbviament. Malgrat això, alguns estalvis de pantalla actualment executen càlculs útil, de manera que es desitjable no suspendre' ls.
Usually the screen saver is suspended when display power saving kicks in, as nothing can be seen on the screen anyway, obviously. However, some screen savers actually perform useful computations, so it is not desirable to suspend them.