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More info?)
You have to make profiling to find how it the time.
To make profiling for windows functions you can use
ApiMon from Resource Kit. If you see that all time eats by your calculation
and you want to redice it for any price, you need to move it on different
thread with real-time priority ( create thread suspended and set its
priority to real-time ).
Arkady
"Arsalan Ahmad" <arsal__@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Ok but then how is it related to my question. I have an application which
> perform some matrix operations that take a lot of CPU time. I want to
> minimize (not by changing algorithm right now) this CPU time. I know that
in
> win32(win9x, win2k & xp) Operating system takes a lot of time. I want my
> application to run in real-time mode. It is MFC simple view based
> application which takes input(image) from a USB-based WebCam and perform
> some image processing on that image(I like to mention that i do all the
> image processing in WM_PAINT event i.e. OnPaint() message handler and
> display it. How is it possible to minimize my that imageprocessing
time(not
> by changing algorithm right now)? Just any idea? any?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Arsalan
>
>
> "Arkady Frenkel" <arkadyf@hotmailxdotx.com> wrote in message
> news:ce51kn$flt$1@home.itg.ti.com...
> > intel's h/w + windows os.
> > info about intel's h/w you can find on
> > http://developer.intel.com/design/pentium4/manuals/253665.htm.
> > about windows I think you don't need references
> > Arkady
> >
> > "Arsalan Ahmad" <arsal__@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:ewHaD15cEHA.1152@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > From where can I get information about wintel platform?? What is it
> > > sxactly?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Arsalan
> > >
> > > "roman ziak" <news1@MYLASTNAME.com> wrote in message
> > > news:Ocp57E1aEHA.3204@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > > Arsalan Ahmad wrote:
> > > > > Hi all,
> > > > >
> > > > > Please tell me is there any possibility to disable all background
> > > services
> > > > > and everything in win32 (Windows 98, win2000 and win XP) and run
> only
> > a
> > > > > single application in Real-Time mode so that only this application
> > > utilizes
> > > > > CPU cycles. This application utilizes serial communication, usb
> camera
> > > and
> > > > > draw output of the camera on monitor. Any idea for any of the OS
> i.e.
> > > 98, 2K
> > > > > or XP(specially win2k or XP)???
> > > >
> > > > Just curious, why would you need to utilize all the cycles for
> something
> > > > like USB camera, serial comm and display ?
> > > >
> > > > I can see the need for exclusive CPU utilisation only if you would
be
> > > > polling some fast events, bitbanging PWM etc. Serial and USB comms
on
> > > > Wintel platform are hw+sw buffered and handled by OS quite well.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>