Calculating time by the C++ code

Question

I know this question has been asked few times over SO but none of them is really helping me out, so asking again.

I am using windows xp and running visual studio c++

Answer 1

You need a high precision timer. In case of Visual Studio use QueryPerformanceCounter.

If the precision is still not enough, use compiler intristics:

#include 
#pragma intrinsic(__rdtsc)

unsigned __int64 ticks = __rdtsc();

See info on that intristic here.

Both solutions are Windows only, the latter is probably MSVC only. I can post a similar solution for GCC/Linux if needed.