Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt | From | Lee Revell <> | Date | Thu, 14 Jul 2005 10:20:53 -0400 |
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On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 11:24 +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > >>>> "My expectation is if we want to beat the competition, we'll want > >>>> the ability to go *under* 100Hz." > >>> > >>> What does Windows do here? > >> > >> windows xp base rate is 100Hz... but multimedia apps can ask for almost > > > > 83Hz > > Well, Windoes 98 (vmmon) shows very different ones:
Wow. Windows has been doing this since *98*?
So that's what Paul meant by "the stupidity of a fixed HZ, which is so early '90s that its embarrassing".
Lee
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