From 9d83ba595803a33116e35cfec3c33f740eda807f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org>
Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 16:54:03 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] QueryPerformanceCounter() is reliable these days, and setting
 the timer frequency higher can have adverse power consequences.
 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd757624%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

---
 src/timer/windows/SDL_systimer.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/timer/windows/SDL_systimer.c b/src/timer/windows/SDL_systimer.c
index efab3a1f4..9d1711b96 100644
--- a/src/timer/windows/SDL_systimer.c
+++ b/src/timer/windows/SDL_systimer.c
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ SDL_StartTicks(void)
 #ifdef USE_GETTICKCOUNT
     start = GetTickCount();
 #else
-#if 0                           /* Apparently there are problems with QPC on Win2K */
+    /* QueryPerformanceCounter has had problems in the past, but lots of games 
+       use it, so we'll rely on it here.
+     */
     if (QueryPerformanceFrequency(&hires_ticks_per_second) == TRUE) {
         hires_timer_available = TRUE;
         QueryPerformanceCounter(&hires_start_ticks);
-    } else
-#endif
-    {
+    } else {
         hires_timer_available = FALSE;
         timeBeginPeriod(1);     /* use 1 ms timer precision */
         start = timeGetTime();