Forums > Game Talk > I'd like to learn more about "HPET" on Games

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Charles Reid on 6/17/2022 10:34 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

Hello, everyone. I hope you are all well. This is my first post in this forum, and for a need. I need your suggestions. I hope I'll get better suggestions from you. That is, I'd like to learn more about "HPET" and why it is necessary to disable it in order to play games. Guys, I have no idea what's going on here. Please assist.

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Rwolf (23844) on 6/17/2022 4:34 PM · Permalink · Report

Interesting, I had no idea about what it was (a timer), and I have not noticed the problems associated with it (stutter on modern fast PC:s), my rig is too old I guess.

However there are some more hardware oriented websites describing it in detail:

https://linustechtips.com/topic/485611-what-is-hpet/

https://community.amd.com/t5/general-discussions/how-to-improve-gaming-performance-by-disabling-hpet-settings/m-p/509616

https://www.ghacks.net/2013/04/18/try-changing-hpet-settings-to-improve-your-pcs-performance/

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Charles Reid on 6/20/2022 6:28 AM · Permalink · Report

So, there you have it, guys. I got some suggestions for this after a lot of searching on Google. Increase the PC's performance after enabling HPET. Source is here.

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Alan Martinez on 6/22/2022 10:06 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

Thanks for sharing this.