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Released in [http://techreport.com/news/10294/amd-patch-tackles-dual-core-game-glitches July 2006], it should [[Wikipedia:Time Stamp Counter#Implementation in various processors|only]] be required for AMD non-single-processor-and-core systems based on K8 microarchitecture (Athlon and Turion X2, Opteron). Starting from Vista or 7 though (and depending on the games using Windows [https://web.archive.org/web/20120506194033/http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee417693(VS.85).aspx apis or not]) it may [http://www.windowstimestamp.com/MicrosecondResolutionTimeServicesForWindows.pdf#page=14 not be needed] anymore. <br />There were also [http://cbloomrants.blogspot.com/2009/04/04-23-09-telling-time.html additional issues] on top of that related to CnQ.  
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Released in [http://techreport.com/news/10294/amd-patch-tackles-dual-core-game-glitches July 2006], it should [[Wikipedia:Time Stamp Counter#Implementation in various processors|only]] be required for AMD non-single-processor-and-core systems based on K8 microarchitecture (Athlon and Turion X2, Opteron). This should have manifested in many UE2 games with the "negative delta time" error, for example. <br />Starting from Vista or 7 though (and depending on the games using Windows [https://web.archive.org/web/20120506194033/http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee417693(VS.85).aspx apis or not]) it may [http://www.windowstimestamp.com/MicrosecondResolutionTimeServicesForWindows.pdf#page=14 not be needed] anymore. There were also [http://cbloomrants.blogspot.com/2009/04/04-23-09-telling-time.html additional issues] on top of that related to CnQ.  
  
 
[https://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/TSC_Dual-Core_Utility.pdf Technical details]<br />[https://web.archive.org/web/20150802143851/https://support.amd.com/en-us/search/utilities?k=processor#ctl00_ctl35_g_685a0f9b_2761_4502_88ea_5fe2e6f45b84_csr3_2lines_container Download]
 
[https://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/TSC_Dual-Core_Utility.pdf Technical details]<br />[https://web.archive.org/web/20150802143851/https://support.amd.com/en-us/search/utilities?k=processor#ctl00_ctl35_g_685a0f9b_2761_4502_88ea_5fe2e6f45b84_csr3_2lines_container Download]