Stopwatch.IsHighResolution == false on my machine. Why?

Question

Sorry, it is always true! Edited...

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I've just realised that Stopwatch.IsHighResolution returns false in my machine. Why? What is needed to it return true? What kind of hardware? MSDN do not say much about that.

Machine config: Win 7 x64; i7 930; 3x2 GB (tripple chanel); HD 500 GB 7200 RPM; Energy config CPU @ 100%

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as requested: VS 2010; .NET 4.0; Win form application; debug mode (I will test in release now)

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In release mode it returns true! :) well, sorry folks, actualy it is always true (debug and release).

Answer 1

It could be that you don't have permissions for the high-resolution performance counters or that your hardware doesn't have that feature to back the high-resolution performance counters.