PIX 1911.27 – New Buffer Formatter and Capture from Launch

Damyan PepperDecember 2, 2019Dec 2, 201912/2/19

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 aimed at helping you define and save custom formats and easily switch between them. 

PIX 1909.23 – New timing capture features, performance improvements and bug fixes

Damyan PepperSeptember 23, 2019Sep 23, 201909/23/19

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.

PIX 1908.16 – Shader debugging fixes

Damyan PepperAugust 22, 2019Aug 22, 201908/22/19

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 1908.02 – Fixes for customer issues, plus DXR and New Timing Capture improvements

Austin KinrossAugust 5, 2019Aug 5, 201908/5/19

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.

PIX 1906.26 – Minor update fixes PIX on Insider Preview builds of Windows

Damyan PepperJune 28, 2019Jun 28, 201906/28/19

Today we released PIX 1906.26, available for download here. This release makes PIX compatible with the latest Insider Preview builds of Windows.
Highlights

PIX now works on latest Inside Preview builds of Windows.
PIX no longer pops up an error message when trying to use a plugin with an unsupported GPU configuration (eg SLI).

PIX 1906.14 – GPU Timing in New Timing Captures

Stephen HitchcockJune 17, 2019Jun 17, 201906/17/19

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

New Timing Capture Improvements

Support for GPU timing data (see below)
Many other usability improvements,

PIX 1904.23 – New Timing Capture preview and improved DXIL shader debugging

Damyan PepperApril 24, 2019Apr 24, 201904/24/19

Today we released PIX 1904.23, available for download here.  This release contains a preview of the new Timing Capture implementation and improvements to DXIL shader debugging and pixtool as well as various other improvements and bug fixes.
Highlights

Preview of a new implementation of Timing Captures (see below)
HLSL variables are now available during DXIL shader debugging
New pixtool features:

Use “take-capture –winml”

PIX 1903.26 – Occupancy for Turing GPUs and Variable Rate Shading

Austin KinrossMarch 27, 2019Mar 27, 201903/27/19

Today we released PIX-1903.26, available for download here. This release includes support for Variable Rate Shading in GPU Captures, and it adds support for Occupancy on NVIDIA Turing GPUs such as an RTX 2080.
 
Variable Rate Shading
Variable Rate Shading (VRS) is a powerful new DirectX 12 feature that allows applications to significantly reduce their pixel shading work in exchange for minimal loss of visual fidelity.

PIX 1903.12 – High Frequency Counters

Austin KinrossMarch 13, 2019Mar 13, 201903/13/19

Today we released PIX-1903.12, available for download here. This release includes an exciting new feature in GPU Captures: High Frequency Counters.
With High Frequency Counters, developers can plot graphs of GPU hardware counter values over time and correlate ranges of the graphs back to specific events within their GPU Capture.

PIX 1901.28 – Timing Data Improvements and support for new GPUs

Austin Kinross (MSFT)February 1, 2019Feb 1, 201902/1/19

Today we released PIX-1901.28, which can be downloaded here. In this release we’ve made improvements to Timing Data in GPU Captures, added support for new GPUs from NVIDIA and AMD, and fixed miscellaneous other issues described below.
Timing Data Improvements for GPU Captures
We have significantly reworked how PIX collects Timing Data in GPU Captures.