PIX on Windows

PIX 2006.26 – Fence Signal/Wait Arrows in GPU Captures

Morgan GrobinJuly 6, 2020Jul 6, 202007/6/20

Today we released PIX 2006.26 which can be downloaded here. This release contains support for fence signal-wait arrows in GPU captures, document tab behavior improvements, buffer viewer enhancements, and many bugfixes. Fence Signal-Wait arrows for GPU captures GPU captures now track and visualize fence signals and waits to help you

PIX 2004.27 – Improved struct support in the Buffer Viewer, CPU Memory and File IO Data in Timing Captures

Morgan GrobinMay 4, 2020May 4, 202005/4/20

Today we released PIX 2004.27 which can be downloaded here. This release contains improved support for structs in the Buffer Viewer, and support for CPU memory allocation data and file I/O data in Timing Captures. This version also includes an updated plugin for AMD GPUs, and supports a new pixtool flag to help automate grabbing an unknown nu

PIX 2003.26 – DirectX 12 Ultimate and DXIL debugging

Damyan PepperMarch 26, 2020Mar 26, 202003/26/20

Today we released PIX 2003.26 which can be downloaded here. This release contains support for DirectX 12 Ultimate, source-level debugging of DXIL shaders, a new GPU capture timeline, CPU/GPU event correlation in new timing captures and many more bug fixes and performance improvements. DirectX 12 Ultimate Support PIX on Windows now has initia

WinPixEventRuntime 2001.27

Cooper PartinJanuary 27, 2020Jan 27, 202001/27/20

Today we released WinPixEventRuntime 2001.27 on Nuget. This release contains the following bug fixes and updates:

PIX 1911.27 – New Buffer Formatter and Capture from Launch

Damyan PepperDecember 2, 2019Dec 2, 201912/2/19

Today we released PIX 1911.27 which can be downloaded here. This release contains an updated buffer formatter, the ability to start capturing of a process from initial launch, support for Windows 10 Insider Preview Builds (20H1) and many bug fixes. Buffer Formatter This release of PIX includes several enhancements to the Buffer Formatter

PIX 1909.23 – New timing capture features, performance improvements and bug fixes

Damyan PepperSeptember 23, 2019Sep 23, 201909/23/19

Today we released PIX 1909.23* which can be downloaded here. This release contains new timing capture features, support for programmatic captures in pixtool, performance improvements and many bug fixes. * 1909.23 is the new name for 1909.13. Sorry for any confusion. New Timing Captures This release of PIX includes several enhancements

PIX 1908.16 – Shader debugging fixes

Damyan PepperAugust 22, 2019Aug 22, 201908/22/19

Today we released PIX 1908.16 which can be downloaded here. This is a servicing release that fixes a couple of issues that causes PIX to crash when inspecting or debugging shaders, otherwise it is identical to PIX 1908.02.

PIX CPU Tools: Introduction to New Timing Captures Videos

Steven PratschnerAugust 21, 2019Aug 21, 201908/21/19

We've recently posted a series of 4 new videos to the PIX for Windows YouTube channel. These videos provide an overview of the features in New Timing Captures. Check 'em out. If you have feedback, please use the Feedback button in PIX to contact us. Steven Pratschner PIX CPU Tools Program Manager

Windows 10 Servicing Release KB4505903 required for instrumented CPU captures

Steven PratschnerAugust 5, 2019Aug 5, 201908/5/19

If you're running the 1903 build of Windows 10 (the Spring 2019) update, you must have KB4505903 installed to take Function Summary, Callgraph, and Tracked Functions captures. Without this update, your title will hang when taking one of these captures. To check whether you have this update, open Settings and go to Update and Recovery->

PIX 1908.02 – Fixes for customer issues, plus DXR and New Timing Capture improvements

Austin KinrossAugust 5, 2019Aug 5, 201908/5/19

Today we released PIX 1908.02, which can be downloaded here. This release fixes miscellaneous bugs that were reported to us by customers. It also adds new CPU features to New Timing Captures, and adds some final touches to the new DirectX Raytracing (DXR) Pipeline View in GPU Captures. Thank you everyone who has reported issues to us. As us