Why is the DPC latency high on Windows 8?

Anusha

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I cannot recall what it was in Windows 7 exactly, but it was much less than 500us. In Windows 8, it never drops below 1000us.

I measured the DPC Latency using the DPC Latency Checker.

Any idea why this is? Immature drivers? (Specs in the sig btw)

DPCLatency_Win8.jpg

This is also on the *leaked* Windows 8 x64 Enterprise. (Don't worry, I have MSDN and am getting the real thing on 15th ;))
 

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taken from DPC Latency Checker

"Windows 8 Compatibility: The DPC latency utility runs on Windows 8 but does not show correct values. The output suggests that the Windows 8 kernel performs badly and introduces a constant latency of one millisecond which is not the case in practice. DPCs in the Windows 8 kernel behave identical to Windows 7. The utility produces incorrect results because the implementation of kernel timers has changed in Windows 8 which causes a side effect with the measuring algorithm used by the utility. Thesycon is working on a new version of the DPC latency utility and will make it available on this site as soon as it is finished"

IE don't worry about it. In fact from something I read Cakewalk (who make a DAW called Sonar) claimed improvements in core scheduling, latency, availability etc.

The Cakewalk Blog » Blog Archive » Windows 8 – A benchmark for music production applications

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