> MSVC > latency: 112.5 us > throughput: 2.5 Mmsg/s > > MinGW > latency: 118.52 us > throughput: 2.4 Mmsg/s > > Ubuntu 8.04 > latency: 75.9 us > throughput: 4Mmsg/s Actually, I'm pleasantly surprised by the performance of WinXP stack. I've expected far worse results myself :) Martin