PIX on Windows

New documentation page: Analyzing CPU samples in Timing Captures

December 7, 2020 Dec 7, 2020 12/7/20

Steven Pratschner

Hi PIX users, I've added a new page to our PIX for Windows documentation set.  The new page describes how to use Timing Captures to analyze CPU samples.  Collecting CPU samples allows you to analyze how functions within your title are impacting performance.  We've been steadily adding new features to PIX's sampling profiler and will ...

Analyzing CPU samples in Timing Captures

December 7, 2020 Dec 7, 2020 12/7/20

Steven Pratschner

PIX includes a CPU sampling profiler that can optionally be run when taking a Timing Capture. Collecting CPU samples allows you to analyze how functions within your title are impacting performance. Viewing CPU samples is useful in several scenarios. For example, CPU samples can help you determine what code is running on a thread or core for...