TimerStartTimer Method Starts the Timer so that TimerFired events begin firing. Game1.TimerStartTimer lMilliseconds lMilliseconds Long. The number of milliseconds to wait between timer fires. This in effect determines frames-per-second for the application. To compute frames per second, divide 1000 by your target frames per second and send the value to TimerStartTimer (See example below). ' start the timer at 20 frames-per-second m_iTargetFPS = 20 Game1.TimerStartTimer (1000 / m_iTargetFPS)