How accurate is System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch?

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I’ve just written an article that explains how a test setup must be done to get an high accuracy (better than 0.1ms) out of the stopwatch. I Think it should explain everything.

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/testing/stopwatch-measure-precise.aspx

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