There's a comment on the article that links to http://randomascii.wordpress.com/2013/07/08/windows-timer-resolution-megawatts-wasted/ http://randomascii.wordpre

There's a comment on the article that links to http://randomascii.wordpress.com/2013/07/08/windows-timer-resolution-megawatts-wasted/ http://randomascii.wordpress.com/2013/07/08/windows-timer-re... . Which seems to point to many apps (embarrassingly mostly MS apps) setting the OS timer interval to something like 1ms (from a default of 15.6ms) and not resetting it. Anyone with any experience with the Windows 8 timer care to weigh in on this issue? I'm well out of my depth when it comes to processor / kernel level power tuning.