Showing results for 2022 - PIX on Windows
Dec 22, 2022
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PIX-2212.22-preview: Experimental raygen shader debugging and DXR resource access detection

Austin Kinross
Austin Kinross

Today we released PIX-2212.22-preview, available for download here. If you're working with DirectX Raytracing (DXR) then please consider trying out these new PIX features and letting us know how things go. Your feedback will help us improve the debugging experience in future PIX releases. If you aren't using a feature in the "What's New" sect...

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Oct 12, 2022
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PIX 2210.10-preview: Initial support for Preview Agility SDK v706

Matt Amert
Matt Amert

Announcing Preview Builds PIX on Windows has always been dedicated to keeping pace with the official releases of the Agility SDK. However, developers working with the Preview versions of the Agility SDK - which contain D3D12 features that are still in progress - are left without a meaningful graphics debugger. This can be especially frustrating, a...

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Aug 10, 2022
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PIX 2208.10: SM 6.7 support, GPU and Timing Capture Improvements

Jacques van Rhyn
Jacques van Rhyn

Today we released PIX version 2208.10, which can be downloaded here. This release has support for many new features, including:   GPU Capture Improvements Support for Shader Model 6.7 Last month the DirectX team released Shader Model 6.7, and today’s PIX release includes support for it. This...

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Aug 8, 2022
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Using performance budgets in the Timing Capture metrics view

Steven Pratschner
Steven Pratschner

The 2208.10 release of PX on Windows adds the ability to specify performance budgets in the Timing Capture metrics view. Performance budgets make it easy to quickly find points in the graph that are over their budget. Performance budgets can be specified for any metric. Budgets are often assigned for a variety of scenarios, including frame t...

Jun 21, 2022
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PIX 2206.20: Servicing release with new AMD plugin

Austin Kinross
Austin Kinross

Today we released PIX-2206.20, available for download here. The release is identical to the last PIX release (2205.24), except that it comes with a new version of the AMD plugin that supports additional AMD hardware and the latest AMD drivers.

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May 24, 2022
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PIX 2205.24: Unlocking Arm and Qualcomm development

Jacques van Rhyn
Jacques van Rhyn

Today we released PIX-2205.24, which can be downloaded here. This release contains Arm64 support for PIX and a Qualcomm plugin, bringing first-class support to graphics devs who want their apps to run as well as possible on Arm-based Windows hardware. PIX now runs natively on Arm64 With Arm-based Windows devices becoming more popular, we’ve heard...

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Apr 14, 2022
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Timing Capture Metrics View improvements in PIX 2203.30

Steven Pratschner
Steven Pratschner

The 2203.30 version of PIX on Windows contains two new features in the Timing Capture Metrics View.  We added both of these features based on your feedback.  The first new feature is the ability to graph a PIX CPU events execution time and stalled time, in addition to its duration.  The second feature is an enhancement to the consolidated events fe...

Mar 30, 2022
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PIX 2203.30: Export to C++, UI changes and more!

Jacques van Rhyn
Jacques van Rhyn

Today we released PIX version 2203.30, which can be downloaded here. This release has a lot of new features, including: Export to C++ This release adds the ability to export a GPU Capture file into a series of C++ files that perform the captured D3D12 work. Potential use cases for this in...

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Mar 14, 2022
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PIX-2203.07: Support for DirectStorage

Jacques van Rhyn
Jacques van Rhyn

Today we released PIX-2203.07, which adds support for today’s DirectStorage announcement. For more on how to get started with DirectStorage, check out our DirectStorage Landing Page.  PIX and DirectStorage New features need new tooling support! It’s been a consistent goal for the PIX team to ensure that developers get tooling support for a new...

Jan 25, 2022
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PIX 2201.24: New Timing Capture Features

Jeff Noyle
Jeff Noyle

Today we released PIX version 2201.24, which can be downloaded here.   New Features Graphing of consolidated PIX events in the Timing Capture metrics view It is common practice to name the PIX events that represent a frame of CPU work (or any other repeated set of work) with a sequential number pattern such as "Frame 123", Frame 124", "F...

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