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> but if the last two numbers are the average time of the
> function calls then GetTickCount() is very faster than
> GetSystemTimeAsFileTime() (or am I doing anything wrong?).
> Are you sure of the results taken on your Athlon?
>

Yes, but there may be a few differences:

1. I compiled with VC6.0
2. Optimizations were ON (release build)

So here are a few more tests, from fastest to slowest:

Compilier    EXE Type    Filetime        TickCount
VC6          Release     9.57664e-009    1.2334e-008
BCB5         Release     1.12305e-08     1.46778e-08
CBX-BCB6     Release     1.12333e-08     1.45493e-08
CBX-BCB6     Debug       1.28368e-08     1.39962e-08
BCB5         Debug       1.34458e-08     1.45493e-08
VC6          Debug       4.1536e-008     4.48549e-008


So, that's just the results on my machine. I'm sure the speed is effected by
the processor, compiler, and OS version.

Even more interesting to me is that your timestamp periods alternated
between 40 and 50 milliseconds. On my machine each period is 10
milliseconds.
I know that on a single processor WinNT/Win2k machine, the windows clock
updates every 10 milliseconds (like I was seeing). On a multiprocessor
WinNT/Win2k machine, the clock updates every 15 milliseconds.
What OS version are you running?