PIX 1704.27 – D3D12 usage warnings, Dr. PIX, and CPU hotpath analysis

Shawn HargreavesApril 27, 2017Apr 27, 201704/27/17

Today we released PIX 1704.27 beta.  New in this release:

PIX warnings can now automatically detect some common but inefficient D3D12 usage patterns
First couple of Dr. PIX queries are now available on Windows
CPU hotpath analysis in timing captures
Create sections of your package layout file from File IO captures
Merge multiple traces into a single analysis in File IO captures
Added support for new D3D APIs introduced with Windows 10 Creators Update (ID3D12Device2,

PIX 1704.14-servicing – graphics driver compatibility fix

Shawn HargreavesApril 14, 2017Apr 14, 201704/14/17

Today we released a bugfix update: PIX 1704.14-servicing.  This resolves an incompatibility between PIX and the latest NVIDIA graphics drivers.  This version is otherwise identical to the previous 1703.20.002 release (but stay tuned – we are hard at work on some new features that will be showing up soon).