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Timer Function - Time Stamp Counter

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Started by GameDev.net December 22, 1999 10:22 PM

1 comment, last by GameDev.net 24 years, 6 months ago

Starfall

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December 22, 1999 07:59 PM

I may be wrong, but isn't the Time Stamp Counter (TSC) the on-chip counter that the Performance Counter uses?

Regards

Starfall

Anonymous

December 22, 1999 10:22 PM

Read an article at the Programmer's Workshop titled, "selecting timer functions" that makes reference to, but does not discuss, a timer function they refer to as Time Stamp Counter (TSC). Does anyone have any info on this function and/or can point to a resource that does.

Thanks

-P.S. I know about other timer functions, such as Performance Counter, GetTickCount, etc., so I'm really only interested in info on the TSC.