Which option do you choose, HPET: on, or off?

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Which option to you choose when you game, or on your gaming rig? HPET On, or Off?

 

[cmdrdredd]

I can't for the life of me remember how this is set in my bios lol. would I notice if it was on or off without checking? I looked it up and dunno if I would even notice.

 

[fixbsod]

Had it on 64bit since I got it, no issues.

 

[Dankk]

No idea; whatever the default setting is in the BIOS.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Has anyone compared it both on and off while gaming? And could you specify your system too, please, and game

Thanks

 

[cmdrdredd]

compare what? fps? mouselag? input delay?

what should we look for?

 

[stahlhart]

Some additional information on HPET here (2.3):

http://www.overclock.net/t/1360415/guide-3dmark-tweaks#post_19283994

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

compare what? fps? mouselag? input delay?

what should we look for?

pretty much all you mentioned.. another would be micro-stutter. The micro-stutter I've found does NOT relate to fps, which all to often which it's associated with.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Ok so it turns out I always had it on. I turned it off and don't notice a difference. Games I tried still played fine and felt fine. No increase or decrease in performance as far as I could tell.

I did have one point where Crysis 3 was loading a scripted scene (soldiers jumping out of a heli) and it paused. Could be a fluke, I could not reproduce it.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Hmm. Interesting. I read that X58 & ICH9, &10 had problems with HPET.. wasn't specific.. probably more the OS implementation as I've heard more than once.. if I find the statements i'll link it, but dont' know how reliable they are