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Desired 1ms timer that yields an undesired 10ms resolution

Ty
I am developing a .net application using C# that requires a 1ms timer. I
have tried creating said timer by creating a timer object
(System.Timers. Timer) that is seeded with a 1ms interval. I have also tried
creating a thread with a 1ms sleep time.

The timer object that was created will only yield a resolution as low as
10ms no matter how low the interval is set.

Most of the time the thread timer yields the same 10ms resolution as the
timer object. However, sometime the thread timer will yield the desired 1ms
resolution. I have not been able to extrapolate a pattern for this behavior.
I have also set the priority of the thread to the “Highest” level.

Can anyone shed some light on these phenomena?

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Ty
Jan 19 '06 #1
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Hi,

Use System.Threadin g.Timer (resoultion around 1ms)
or Multimedia Timer
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/le...mediatimer.asp

Hope this helps
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Milosz Skalecki
MCP, MCAD
"Ty" wrote:
I am developing a .net application using C# that requires a 1ms timer. I
have tried creating said timer by creating a timer object
(System.Timers. Timer) that is seeded with a 1ms interval. I have also tried
creating a thread with a 1ms sleep time.

The timer object that was created will only yield a resolution as low as
10ms no matter how low the interval is set.

Most of the time the thread timer yields the same 10ms resolution as the
timer object. However, sometime the thread timer will yield the desired 1ms
resolution. I have not been able to extrapolate a pattern for this behavior.
I have also set the priority of the thread to the “Highest” level.

Can anyone shed some light on these phenomena?

--
Ty

Jan 19 '06 #2

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