PIX on Windows

PIX-2212.22-preview: Experimental raygen shader debugging and DXR resource access detection

December 22, 2022 Dec 22, 2022 12/22/22

Austin Kinross

Today we released PIX-2212.22-preview, available for download here. If you're working with DirectX Raytracing (DXR) then please consider trying out these new PIX features and letting us know how things go. Your feedback will help us improve the debugging experience in future PIX releases. If you aren't using a feature in the "What's New...

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 ...

PIX 2208.10: SM 6.7 support, GPU and Timing Capture Improvements

August 10, 2022 Aug 10, 2022 08/10/22

Jacques van Rhyn

Today we released PIX version 2208.10, which can be downloaded here. This release has support for many new features, including:   GPU Capture Improvements Support for Shader Model 6.7 Last month the DirectX team released Shader Model 6.7, and today’s PIX release includes support for ...

PIX 2206.20: Servicing release with new AMD plugin

June 21, 2022 Jun 21, 2022 06/21/22

Austin Kinross

Today we released PIX-2206.20, available for download here. The release is identical to the last PIX release (2205.24), except that it comes with a new version of the AMD plugin that supports additional AMD hardware and the latest AMD drivers...

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’...

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 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...

PIX 2108.18: New programmatic capture APIs and much more

August 19, 2021 Aug 19, 2021 08/19/21

Austin Kinross

Today we released PIX on Windows version 2108.18, which can be downloaded here. We have also released a new version of WinPixEventRuntime, available here. This release has a lot of new features, including: This release also includes a new Visual C++ Redistributable that may request a reboot during ...

PIX 2107.01: GPU Event List Navigation Aids and Column Statistics

June 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 06/30/21

Jeff Noyle

WinPIX version 2017.01 features several ease-of-use features that improve navigation on the GPU event list. Filter masks let you exclude subsets so you can focus on what you want. The new event path explorer navigates through the event hierarchy. There's a new search bar. Finally, column statistics summarize counters for you.

PIX 2104.20: DirectX 12 Agility SDK Support, New Occupancy Graphs, Timing Capture Improvements

April 20, 2021 Apr 20, 2021 04/20/21

Morgan Grobin

Today we released PIX version 2104.20 - adding support for all new DirectX 12 Agility SDK features including Shader Model 6.6. This release adds support for DXCompiler Slim PDBs, adds new occupancy graphs for supported GPUs, and includes an experimental feature that allows you to attach to a running process for GPU capture.