Tool: Turbo

Post by **Chroelle** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 11:52

Wanted to let you know that I uploaded Turbo to the server, so that it is available for all that might need it to play a game that plays too fast on newer PC's.

eMTe · Post by **eMTe** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 22:02

Link needed.

Post by **Chroelle** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 23:51

Oh, I will add it to the database soon. It doesn't demand the same stbility for me to be online while adding it... Remind me if I didn't do it by tomorrow afternoon.

Pater Alf · Post by **Pater Alf** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 0:16

...or one year later!

Post by **Chroelle** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 12:20

dum da dum....

I will try and get it added now...

EDIT: DONE

Post by **Chroelle** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 12:32

Technical Notes

Turbo works by starting a high-priority execution thread that consumes CPU time corresponding to the turbo speed that has been set. Normal threads get only what is left over. Real-time threads are not affected. The execution interval is 20 milliseconds. For example, a turbo speed of 22% means that Turbo runs 15.6 milliseconds of every 20 millisecond interval, leaving 4.4 milliseconds for other process threads to run.

Turbo has been tested on Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0. The consistency and accuracy for Windows 95 is less than for Windows NT. This is because timer interrupts are not delivered as precisely (from the viewpoint of the SetTimer API). Very small Turbo values (10% or less) will give less accurate results, i.e. the actual performance will not be exactly as specified. The worst case, a Turbo value of 1%, results in a real slowdown to about 3-4% of full speed.