PIX on Windows

Analyze and debug DirectX with PIX.

Get started with PIX

Overview

• Get started with PIX

Get started

• Take captures
• Configure PIX
• Instrument your app

How-To Guide

• Programmatic capture
• Remote profiling

Reference

• pixtool command-line reference

GPU Captures: Capture and replay your D3D12 workloads

Overview

• GPU Captures overview

How-To Guide

• Capture D3D11 apps
• Collect timing data
• Inspect pipeline state and resources
• Debug and edit shaders
• Analyze DirectX Raytracing
• Analyze D3D12 video

Timing Captures: Capture system profiling data while your app runs

Overview

• Timing Captures overview

How-To Guide

• Configure PIX to access PDBs for CPU captures
• Analyze CPU samples
• Analyze memory usage
• Analyze file IO performance

Reference

• Timeline layout
• Range Summary view

Shader Explorer: Analyze and optimize your HLSL shaders

Overview

• Shader Explorer overview

DirectX Dump Files: Diagnose GPU crashes

Overview

• DirectX Dump Files overview

How-To Guide

• Generate DirectX Dump Files
• Analyze DirectX Dump Files in PIX
• Analyze DirectX Dump Files programmatically
• Debug TDRs and device removal

WinPixEventRuntime: Add custom annotations to CPU and D3D12 code

Overview

• WinPixEventRuntime overview

Reference

• WinPixEventRuntime API reference

Use PIX with AI agents

How-To Guide

• Use PIX with AI agents

Control PIX with the PIX API

Overview

• PIX API overview

Reference

• IPixFactory interface
• PixCreateFactory function