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On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 12:18:04PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> Supposedly, on really new x86 systems, the TSC deadline timer is so fast
> to reprogram that this isn't worth it.

>>From what I've heard its not all that fast. I should play with it sometime, my
SNB desktop actually has this thing.