PIX on Windows

Performance tuning and debugging for DirectX 12 games on Windows

PIX 1911.27 – New Buffer Formatter and Capture from Launch
PIX 1911.27 – New Buffer Formatter and Capture from Launch
Damyan Pepper December 2, 2019 Dec 2, 2019 12/2/19
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...
PIX 1908.16 – Shader debugging fixes
PIX 1908.16 – Shader debugging fixes
Damyan Pepper August 22, 2019 Aug 22, 2019 08/22/19
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...
PIX CPU Tools: Introduction to New Timing Captures Videos
PIX CPU Tools: Introduction to New Timing Captures Videos
Steven Pratschner August 21, 2019 Aug 21, 2019 08/21/19
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...
Windows 10 Servicing Release KB4505903 required for instrumented CPU captures
Windows 10 Servicing Release KB4505903 required for instrumented CPU captures
Steven Pratschner August 5, 2019 Aug 5, 2019 08/5/19
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->...
GPU timing data in New Timing Captures
GPU timing data in New Timing Captures
Cooper Partin July 11, 2019 Jul 11, 2019 07/11/19
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. ...
PIX 1906.14 – GPU Timing in New Timing Captures
PIX 1906.14 – GPU Timing in New Timing Captures
Avatar June 17, 2019 Jun 17, 2019 06/17/19
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 ...