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Aug 5, 2024
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PIX 2408.05 – Custom Mesh/Texture Visualizers, faster playback, and a lot more

Today we released PIX version 2408.05, which can be downloaded here. This release includes a lot of new improvements in GPU Captures, Timing Captures and the System Monitor, including:  GPU Captures  Timing Captures Other  Almost all of the new functionality in this release w...

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Jul 18, 2024
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PIX 2407.17-preview: Mesh Nodes in Work Graphs

Today we released PIX version 2407.17-preview, which can be downloaded here. This release has initial support for the exciting new Mesh Nodes in Work Graphs feature that was released in a preview DirectX Agility SDK today. Please visit this blog post for more information about the Agility SDK release. 2407.17-preview is a preview version of PIX....

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Mar 27, 2024
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Open sourcing the WinPixEventRuntime under MIT

The WinPixEventRuntime has been open sourced on GitHub under the MIT license! This includes the pix3.h headers (and friends), the code needed to build WinPixEventRuntime.dll, the code needed to decode PIX events, and a wide range of unit tests. The WinPixEventRuntime NuGet package has also switched to the MIT license. We hope this will make it e...

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Mar 11, 2024
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PIX 2403.08 – New D3D12 features + misc PIX improvements

Today we released PIX on Windows version 2403.08, which can be downloaded here. This release coincides with today’s Agility SDK release, which includes support for new features including the final Work Graphs API, GPU Upload Heaps, and more. Please visit this post on the DirectX blog for more information about the Agility SDK release. New fea...

Feb 14, 2024
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PIX 2402.07 – misc bug fixes

Today we released PIX version 2402.07, which can be downloaded here. This release fixes two bugs: Stay tuned for our next big PIX update in March!

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Dec 8, 2023
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PIX 2312.08: misc bug fixes and improvements

Today we released PIX version 2312.08, which can be downloaded here. This fixes a lot of issues reported to us since our last major PIX release (version 2310.30, details here). Thank you all for reporting these issues. Please keep sending feedback to us through the usual ways, such as emailing us at askwinpix@microsoft.com or contacting us via t...

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Oct 30, 2023
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PIX 2310.30: a faster PIX with many raytracing + other improvements

Today we released PIX version 2310.30, which can be downloaded here. We also released WinPixEventRuntime version 2310.30, which can be downloaded here. This release includes many new features and improvements along several key themes: Thank you for all of your feedback and suggestions, and please them coming! The best ways to co...

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Sep 1, 2023
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PIX 2308.30: updated plugins + bug fixes

Today we released PIX on Windows version 2308.30, which can be downloaded from this link. This version of PIX is the same as our last main release, 2305.10, with the following changes:

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Jun 22, 2023
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PIX 2306.21-preview: Work Graphs support

Today we released PIX on Windows version 2306.21-preview, which can be downloaded here. This release includes initial debugging and profiling support for an exciting new D3D12 feature announced today: Work Graphs. You can read more about Work Graphs here. You can find information about which GPUs support Work Graphs (and other prerequisites) ...

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May 10, 2023
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PIX 2305.10: support for updated RenderPasses + misc other improvements

Today we released a new version of PIX on Windows: version 2305.10. It can be downloaded here: link.  This release includes support for the latest DirectX Agility SDK features, such as the updated RenderPasses and minor Vulkan compatibility features. The release also includes fixes for several bugs that were impacting PIX 2303.30.   Cha...

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