Random Timing

[AdmiralAlkex]

Wait, maybe I'm reading it upside-down.

"A pointer to a variable that receives the current performance-counter frequency, in counts per second."

So bigger is better? Then I'm satisfied.

@czardas

AuthenticAMD only says who created it (AMD), model would be more interesting.

Edited December 5, 2010 by AdmiralAlkex

[MvGulik]

Wait, maybe I'm reading it upside-down.

Erm, lost side of the "counts per second" point. (must have mixed up some things I have read.)

O. Your data dump post seems to be missing 'any' cpu info.

[MvGulik]

Maybe this will clear things up a bit.

It really doesn't matter what the return value of QueryPerformanceFrequency is...

You only use that value to 'decode' the values from QueryPerformanceCounter into a "per second" value.

from: http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=573752

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(Think thats the best I can do on the subject.)

Edited December 5, 2010 by MvGulik

[AdmiralAlkex]

Erm, lost side of the "counts per second" point. (must have mixed up some things I have read.)

O. Your data dump post seems to be missing 'any' cpu info.

I posted that on post #2

Q9550 @ 3.4 GHz

[czardas]

@czardas

AuthenticAMD only says who created it (AMD), model would be more interesting.

Ah okay - this hardware business confuses me. Would that be System Model?

MS-7309

Well that's what XP sees. Heres the Motherboard. I'm pretty sure it's a dual core processor. It was just about the cheapest PC I could find. I wouldn't be surprised if it came in the wrong box.

Edited December 5, 2010 by czardas

[MvGulik]

Think the MS-7307(also MSI main-board) is the general* version of the K9N6PGM2 main-board. *(no direct support from MSI on it, and only sold to computer system builders (companies). Called a OEM-board if I'm correct.)

To get specific information on your processor type/make/model/etc is to use some system information tool.

A nice and small tool for that is http://www.piriform.com/speccy. (relative new tool from the makers of CCleaner, so it can't be that bad.)

Edited December 5, 2010 by MvGulik

[czardas]

Think the MS-7307(also MSI main-board) is the general* version of the K9N6PGM2 main-board. *(no direct support from MSI on it, and only sold to computer system builders (companies). Called a OEM-board if I'm correct.)

To get specific information on your processor type/make/model/etc is to use some system information tool.

A nice and small tool for that is http://www.piriform.com/speccy. (relative new tool from the makers of CCleaner, so it can't be that bad.)

Great app. It gives me the processor name:

AMD Athlon II X2 240

Although that still sounds kind of vague to me.

[GEOSoft]

Remember that the information you are looking for comes from the system DMI and is not always available. When it is available, you will see it as the manufacturer wants you too.

[canny]

It is shown that the use of constant time intervals when the timing of the inflows is random underestimates the variance of the distribution of the NPV.