Thanks guys, I appreciate the information. -Matt
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Gary Stanley <[email protected]>wrote: > At 05:11 PM 3/2/2009, Blood Letter wrote: > > >I see you have experience with Nvidia's 690G. > >LOL. > > > Yup. Nvidia chipsets are pretty much junk. > Turning on HPET breaks APIC interrupt routing. > > > > > > Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 16:10:50 -0500 > > > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > > > From: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [hlds] 2003 or 2008 > > > > > > At 10:26 AM 3/2/2009, CLAN RCR wrote: > > > >Hey Midnight, I looked up HPET and this is what Microsoft says about > it. > > > > > > > >The High Precision Event Timer (HPET) was developed jointly by Intel > and > > > >Microsoft to meet the timing requirements of multimedia and other > > > >time-sensitive applications. Originally, the > > HPET was called the Multimedia > > > >Timer (MM Timer), but the name was later changed to avoid confusion > with a > > > >Microsoft DirectX timer, and to better describe the timer. > > > > > > > > > > > >I had a couple questions.. > > > > > > > >1. Is that only active with an Intel processor? > > > > > > No. It's more or less chipset specific. > > > > > > >2. Does the srcdsfpsbooster use HPET to do > > what it does I know it uses some > > > >media player extention, but if HPET the reason why it works? > > > >If you don't know, that's fine.. I'll dig more and figure it out, but > I > > > >thought it might be a handy opportunity to ask. > > > > > > That uses an API. It only supports it if it's enabled in the BIOS. If > > > it's disabled, it uses either > > > the PIT, or the TSC. > > > > > > >Currently we're running an Opteron 2.4ghz dual core processor and > > > >experiencing 43% processor utilization on a full 32 slot server. I > have no > > > >idea why it's using so many resources.. We > > even have fps_max set at 300 from > > > >the 600 we use to run. > > > > > > Older opertons do not support HPET. Certain AMD chipsets report > > > incorrect operating frequencies for HPET, so you > > > may get clock aliasing. I seen a couple of nVidia boards report HPET > > > running at 25mhz when they are really running at 10mhz > > > > > > > > > >-Matt > > > > > > > >On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Midnight <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > 2008. Better Kernel (google for the details), supports HPET > (though > > > > > only really needed for 1000fps servers). 2003 does not. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cc2iscooL wrote: > > > > > > 2008. Hands down. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 5:47 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > > > > > please visit: > > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > > >archives, please visit: > > > >http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, > > or view the list archives, please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Express your personality in color! Preview and select themes for Hotmail®. > > > http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/LearnMore/personalize.aspx?ocid=TXT_MSGTX_WL_HM_express_032009#colortheme > >_______________________________________________ > >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or > >view the list archives, please visit: > >http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
