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HPET (High Precision Event Timer) any issue disabling it?
I have a Intel 3770 running up to 4.3Ghz in a Biostar tz77a board with Win7-64.
I don't see a place to disable HPET in the Bios so I disabled it in the Device manager.
I ran the Civ6 benchmark and get...
HPET = 66.8 FPS
HPET disabled = 79.1 FPS
So seems there is a good performance gain from disabling it. Anything wrong with doing it this way and leaving it disabled?
I did this test since seeing the Anandtech results with their newer Intel system. Seems this issue affects older chips as well.
I have a Intel 3770 running up to 4.3Ghz in a Biostar tz77a board with Win7-64.
I don't see a place to disable HPET in the Bios so I disabled it in the Device manager.
I ran the Civ6 benchmark and get...
HPET = 66.8 FPS
HPET disabled = 79.1 FPS
So seems there is a good performance gain from disabling it. Anything wrong with doing it this way and leaving it disabled?
I did this test since seeing the Anandtech results with their newer Intel system. Seems this issue affects older chips as well.