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From: John Herbster TeamB
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 16:07

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"judy" <benny@chrysanth.com> wrote
> Anyone use the QueryPerformanceCounter( ) ...

I prefer to use the CPU clock count for most timing uses.
It counts the CPU clock cycles (1 GHz or whatever) and
never <g> rolls over. Regards, JohnH

function GetCpuClockCycleCount: Int64;
{ Reads 64-bit TSC counter running at
  CPU clock speed. From Torjei Kvinen }
asm
  dw $310F  // opcode for RDTSC
end;

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