element-hq / element-hq/element-web

Requests 1ms Windows System Timer resolution

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A-Electron A-Performance O-Uncommon S-Minor T-Defect Z-Upstream
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Description

### Steps to reproduce

1. Start the Element app (e.g. from start menu)

After some time Element will request a 1ms system timer and keep it indefinitely, even when minimized to tray.

### Outcome

#### What did you expect?
A chat application does not need a high resolution system timer.
(Unless maybe it's actively playing a video, but even then 1ms is likely overkill.)

#### What happened instead?
Element quickly requests a 1ms timer resolution for no apparent reason.
This prevents AMD Ryzen CPUs (even the latest ones) from reaching deep idle states, wasting energy (about 5±2 W, which is a lot, especially on battery).

### Operating system

Windows 10 22H2 64-bit

### Application version

1.11.96

### How did you install the app?

_No response_

### Homeserver

_No response_

### Will you send logs?

No

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