Another look at HPET High Precision Event Timer

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  1. Covid19

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    After all the experience in years i experienced...i ve found the best tweak not to tweak windows default settings..do not waste your time for nothing bro...i have two BillGate$ O/S one is pure 1607 LTSB 14393.0 not updated not tweaked..and one 2004 RTM not tweaked..i tested more than 10 AAA games in a row and there is no FPS difference even %1...the only difference is the responsiveness which is way much responsive in 1607 because of the QPC...
    if you want more performance to gain..there is only 2 way
    1.Upgrade the device what you need(gpu or cpu or memeory etc..)
    2.Overclock the entire system in accordingly..this part is the most i liked..but OC is not that easy actually that is an ART for me...

    ..and yes ive found a way to change that fixed 10Mhz QPC...there is a way you can change it...so try to figure it out...but as i said there is no need to waste your time..
     
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    Any clue on on where I should I look to change QPC? Also, true, maybe lower QPC is a bit more responsive, but to be honest I just don't notice it. Maybe this is a dumb "theory", but with the higher QPC, isn't the system more stable? I am thinking it has more "time" to do operations, don't know, just an idea. I was using 1803, then installed 1809 and the system is faster, its snappier. And with the higher QPC, well, it should not be. So I assume there are more optimizations MS has done on newer O.S.

    Anyway, thanks for your info, maybe one of these days I will just revert all bcdedit commands and test the system for one or two days, then do my bcdedit "tweaks" and test games and stuff again.
     
  3. aufkrawall2

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    And why should anything be "less responsive" due to the timer changes in recent Windows versions if there are no performance issues measurable? It doesn't make sense. If something feels more sluggish, we are talking about lots of milliseconds of additional delay, which would totally butcher performance otherwise if they were a side effect of these timer changes.
     
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    Its not.

    People are imagining it. Nobody will feel a difference. It is the same people that said 180x feels sluggish due to 10Mhz timer 'bug' as they called it, and later it was found not to be a bug after all.

    Most likely other factors came into play that caused their lag, this one is imho pure placebo with nothing to back it up.

    And yes you can 'change' 10Mhz to 3.x Mhz by forcing ACPI timer, while not bad, and not as bad as Intel platform HPET, still not as performant as iTSC.
     
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    i knew or guess it one of the ancient guru begins like this but here comes a new challenger...yeah yeah we are dreaming and delusioning maybe stunning because we are drunk..we see what we want to see..blocked people you know..sorry about that been..you people think so simple..or idk how you people install O/S with official drivers..or what is your bios settings..? what equipment and how you are using them ? idk..
    what do you mean or understand when saying performance ? what is it ? and then asking me why there should be responsive difference if there is no fps difference or no performance issues..? is the same people saying there is no difference between 60hz and 120hz at locked 60fps gaming...really ? if you are talking about the screen yes there is no difference there..you see the same thing with the same motion but...
    if it comes to INPUTS..if you dont feel the difference of responsiveness then ok grandpa im not that old enough...and yes mom i have delusions and dreaming...
    note:keep hpet disabled in bios and do not change or use as a tweak in cmd bcdedit hpet or other commands...then install 2 O/S side by side..in one hand 1607/1703/1709/1803 and in the other 1809/1903/1909/2004..keep default windows settings..dont change anything except power profile..and FEEL the difference of how each O/S reacts your inputs..i still keep my hope that you join us dreaming
     
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  6. Astyanax

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    placebo is common amongst gamers.
     
  7. D1stRU3T0R

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    In computers, placebo doesn't really exists. Even if you build 2 identical PC, windows settings, with same updates etc, it can still be different. Why? Bios version can be different, having a huge impact, silicon lottery (and I'm not talking just about the boost).
     
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    The placebo exists in the user, not the computer.
    I've yet to see a single person properly test Windows 10 versions for latency in games. It's always how you "feel". And how you feel has nothing to do with the computer.
     
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    Please help me. I know I seem like a noob, but how do I force ACPI timer on Windows 10 1809 and superior? Also, is it a good idea or could it break some things? Thanks in advance.
     
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    Don't mess around with these settings, at all, in windows 10
     
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    Perhaps if you made a simple concise point instead of your rage posting. Wailing about the Windows power plan is not the same thing as the system timer, nub. Did you just start with Windows 10, kid?
     
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    Probably by disabling HPET at firmware level and setting Windows to useplatformclock. I would still like to see the LAPIC Timer, simply out of curiosity getting into this picture. Although, I think most of here already accepted that tweaking Windows timers is essentially pointless (mostly detrimental or doesn't make any difference).
     
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    So HPET off in BIOS and useplatformclock on in Windows? That sounds like WAY more problems than solutions.
     
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    That's only my assumption. Do mind that useplatformclock is not and never was a HPET switch. It selects the top priority hardware clock source available on your platform (if any) and HPET just happens to be on top of that list on x86/AMD64 desktop systems (when it's enabled). There are other hardware clocks.
     
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    Not much I would think as it's mainly used during idle periods to increase C-State idle time (nothing happening)

    My W7 OS uses HPET timer by default. IOW it's using a platform tick by default.

    Which platform clock are you using with useplatformtick yes and what interrupts?

    1909 seems way more aggressive with timer resolution than 1703 and earlier, even in standard config.

    As said earlier, it's default for my W7 to use a platform tick, perhaps it's supposed to be a W10 debug option?

    That function is a counter, not a timer.

    I seem to remember ACPI timer being used as a counter had higher latency than HPET. As a timer it's not very useful, a least on my HW, except perhaps as a watchdog.

    Placebo can have a high impact on computers with gamers fists and feet, better if they feel happy whatever the reason IMHO.


    For info, useplatformclock defines which counter is preffered for the perfomance counter. "useplatformclock 0" does not disable HPET

    Is LAPIC not default on your W10 or are you using something earlier?

    PS forgot to mention CPUz bench single thread runs only on CPU0 so expect performance regression if something else wants to use CPU0.

    PPS about synthetic timers, if not using Hyper-V then you are not using synthetic timers.
     
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    @Groot what about it? What's in question here are scenarios in which hpet is off (because it should always be off) on different versions of Windows 10. That video showcasing an old bug is irrelevant.
     
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    Then you set it to do so.
     
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    Or may be that's a different machine with an old CPU (not invariant TSC).

    I don't think QPC is ever backed by LAPIC and the default source is TSC. Strangely enough, I no longer see LAPIC listed by recent Linux kernels either (on my SkyLake based home server). I think it was listed some years ago (but not selected by default).
     
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    nothing uses HPET by default.
     
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    Linux defaults to HEPT (which get marked as unstable during boot unless C-states are disabled to keep it stable) on Intel Core2. It prefers that over ACPI PM.
     

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