{"id":5198,"date":"2021-01-27T14:48:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T22:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/pix\/?p=5198"},"modified":"2021-01-27T14:48:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T22:48:10","slug":"pix-2101-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/pix\/pix-2101-27\/","title":{"rendered":"PIX 2101.27: AMD raytracing counters, DXIL improvements, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we released PIX version 2101.27, which can be downloaded <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>. This release adds <\/span>support for new\u00a0<\/span>GPUs<\/span>\u00a0and counters<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to AMD\u2019s PIX plugin<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>improves<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>DXIL<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>debugging experience, contains <\/span>several enhancements to the\u00a0<\/span>CPU<\/span>\u00a0sampling profiler<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>adds\u00a0<\/span>many other smaller improvements.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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AMD\u00a0<\/span>plugin improvements<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

This release includes a new AMD plugin<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>Th<\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0plugin adds support for<\/span> AMD RDNA\u2122 2 Radeon\u2122 <\/span>RX<\/span>\u00a06000 series GPUs<\/span>, which means<\/span>\u00a0that PIX features such as Event List Counters\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>High Frequency Counters are now\u00a0<\/span>available on these GPUs<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The plugin also adds<\/span>\u00a0support for<\/span>\u00a0new raytracing counters\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>RX 6000 series GPUs<\/span>. This means that PIX now offers deep insight into raytracing work<\/span>loads on recent GPUs from AMD and NVIDIA. Many thanks to our\u00a0<\/span>IHV<\/span>\u00a0partners for making this possible!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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On\u00a0<\/span>AMD RDNA\u2122 Radeon\u2122 RX 5000 series GPU<\/span>s, the plugin adds support for new m<\/span>emory cache counters for scalar cache and instruction cache<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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DXIL\u00a0<\/span>d<\/span>ebugging\u00a0<\/span>i<\/span>mprovements<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

W<\/span>e have made several improvements to\u00a0<\/span>PIX if\u00a0<\/span>you\u2019re<\/span>\u00a0using<\/span>\u00a0DXIL<\/span>:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n