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 aimed...
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 to Ne...
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.
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
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->View U...
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 usual, ...
GPU timing data was added to the New Timing Captures preview feature in the PIX 1906.14 release. This allows developers to view GPU work submission and execution, including async compute. Getting Started The application should be launched with the following GPU timings checkbox checked in the options to enable timing data collection. Comman...
Today we released PIX 1906.26, available for download here. This release makes PIX compatible with the latest Insider Preview builds of Windows. Highlights
Today we released PIX 1906.14, available for download here. This release adds GPU timings to the New Timing Capture preview and further improvements to DXIL shader debugging. Highlights GPU Timing Data This release of PIX adds GPU Timing Data to the preview of New Timing Captures. Like with Legacy...
The information in this post has been updated and replaced with the following documentation page: Finding and Analyzing context switches Steven Pratschner Program Manager - PIX team
