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Performance tuning and debugging for DirectX 12 games on Windows

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About Microsoft PIX

Performance tuning and debugging for DirectX 12 games on Windows

What's new in 2603.25

Today we released PIX 2603.25 which can be downloaded here. These releases include everything in the previous 2602.25 release, plus the following bug fixes: - Fix capture layer issue corrupting tiled resources in some scenarios - Fix debug layer error during capture in query heaps - Fix race condition in UpdateTileMappings() that could cause random crashes - Fix Programmable Sample Position capture on AMD hardware - Export-to-C++: fix compilation issue with newer D3D features - Attach to Process: fix potential crash when connecting to remote machines - System Monitor: show counter description (instead of name) in the tooltip - Shader Debugger: Fix copy (ctrl+c) of all data columns in shader debug watch view - Misc: respect global Windows settings for popup menu animation behaviors Thank you to everyone who reported issues and suggestions to us. Please keep them coming! The best ways to contact us are via the DirectX Discord and via the Send Feedback buttons in PIX.

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Version history

Version Updated Notes
2603.25 Unknown Today we released PIX 2603.25 which can be downloaded here. These releases include everything in the previous 2602.25 release, plus the following bug fixes: - Fix capture layer issue corrupting tiled resources in some sc...
2602.25 Unknown Today we released PIX 2602.25 and 2602.25-preview, which can be downloaded here. These releases include everything in the previous 2601.15 release, plus: - 2602.25: includes support for all of the new D3D12 features rele...
2601.15 Unknown Today we released PIX version 2601.15, which can be downloaded here. This release includes everything in the previous 2509.25 release, plus: - A new Intel plugin with many new features and improvements - Many new Buffer...
2509.25 Unknown Today we released PIX version 2509.25, which can be downloaded here. This release includes everything in the previous 2507.11 release, plus: - A compatibility fix to make PIX work on Windows 11 24H2 or 25H2 with KB506578...
2507.11 Unknown Today we released PIX version 2507.11, which can be downloaded here. This release includes everything in the previous 2505.30 release, plus the following bug fixes: - GPU Captures (capture time) - Fix capture-time crash...
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