[bijan311]

I'm reading a game programming book, and it said to use the QueryPerformanceCounter function to keep track of time, but I've always used the GetTickCount function. So my question is, is one better for keeping track of time in game, or are they about the same?

[ButchDean]

You shouldn't need QueryPerformanceCounter() for your game unless you are specifically analyzing performance issues in your code that requires a high resolution counter. GetTickCount() is perfectly fine for the average implementation of a game, as cycles rarely, if ever, require a resolution less that 1ms.

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Read this.

This post has been edited by ButchDean: 29 January 2012 - 02:38 PM

[bijan311]

Thanks, that's all I needed to know