PIX on Windows

Performance tuning and debugging for DirectX 12 games on Windows

PIX 2210.10-preview: Initial support for Preview Agility SDK v706

October 12, 2022 Oct 12, 2022 10/12/22
Matt Amert
Announcing Preview Builds PIX on Windows has always been dedicated to keeping pace with the official releases of the Agility SDK. However, developers working with the Preview versions of the Agility SDK - which contain D3D12 features that are still in progress - are left without a meaningful graphics debugger. This can be especially ...

Using performance budgets in the Timing Capture metrics view

August 8, 2022 Aug 8, 2022 08/8/22
Steven Pratschner
The 2208.10 release of PX on Windows adds the ability to specify performance budgets in the Timing Capture metrics view. Performance budgets make it easy to quickly find points in the graph that are over their budget. Performance budgets can be specified for any metric. Budgets are often assigned for a variety of scenarios, including ...

PIX 2205.24: Unlocking Arm and Qualcomm development

May 24, 2022 May 24, 2022 05/24/22
Jacques van Rhyn
Today we released PIX-2205.24, which can be downloaded here. This release contains Arm64 support for PIX and a Qualcomm plugin, bringing first-class support to graphics devs who want their apps to run as well as possible on Arm-based Windows hardware. PIX now runs natively on Arm64 With Arm-based Windows devices becoming more popular, we’...

Timing Capture Metrics View improvements in PIX 2203.30

April 14, 2022 Apr 14, 2022 04/14/22
Steven Pratschner
The 2203.30 version of PIX on Windows contains two new features in the Timing Capture Metrics View.  We added both of these features based on your feedback.  The first new feature is the ability to graph a PIX CPU events execution time and stalled time, in addition to its duration.  The second feature is an enhancement to the consolidated ...

PIX 2203.30: Export to C++, UI changes and more!

March 30, 2022 Mar 30, 2022 03/30/22
Jacques van Rhyn
Today we released PIX version 2203.30, which can be downloaded here. This release has a lot of new features, including: Export to C++ This release adds the ability to export a GPU Capture file into a series of C++ files that perform the captured D3D12 work. Potential use cases for ...

PIX-2203.07: Support for DirectStorage

March 14, 2022 Mar 14, 2022 03/14/22
Jacques van Rhyn
Today we released PIX-2203.07, which adds support for today’s DirectStorage announcement. For more on how to get started with DirectStorage, check out our DirectStorage Landing Page.  PIX and DirectStorage New features need new tooling support! It’s been a consistent goal for the PIX team to ensure that developers get tooling support...

PIX 2201.24: New Timing Capture Features

January 25, 2022 Jan 25, 2022 01/25/22
Jeff Noyle
Today we released PIX version 2201.24, which can be downloaded here.   New Features Graphing of consolidated PIX events in the Timing Capture metrics view It is common practice to name the PIX events that represent a frame of CPU work (or any other repeated set of work) with a sequential number pattern such as "Frame 123", Frame 124...

Graphing Consolidated Events in the Timing Capture Metrics View

January 4, 2022 Jan 4, 2022 01/4/22
Steven Pratschner
The 2201.24 release of PIX on Windows includes a feature that treats a set of events that follow a common naming pattern as the same event in the Timing Capture Metrics view.  You'll find this feature useful if you follow the common practice of naming the PIX events that represent a frame of CPU work (or any other repeated set of work) with a...