Nsight Visual Studio Edition 6.0 New Features
Nsight Compute CUDA Profiler baseline comparison and launch statistics with rule noting performance suggestions for memory vs. compute.
NVIDIA? Nsight? Visual Studio Edition 6.0 is now available with these features and improvements:
Graphics Debugging
- Support for the latest Turing GPUs for the GPU Frame Debugger, Performance Dashboard, and Range Profiler
- DXR Raytracing support
- C++ Capture Support for DXR applications
- DXR Debugging enables the next generation of real-time rendering technology
- Scrub your RT scene and see render-target revisions
- Reduce the complexity of development by visualizing shaders and key inputs
- Vulkan Raytracing debugging support for VK_NVX_raytracing
- Capture frames that use Vulkan raytracing
- Inspect the raytracing shader binding table
- User-Configurable Memory Viewer
- Applies an automatic structure to resources when context is available
- Allows for full customization of structured user types
- Built-in help to explain how to use the view
- Custom Texture Visualization in the Resources View
- Construct a custom shader to display textures
- Change the data display or highlight useful characteristics of the data
- Improvements
- Pixel History expanded to D3D12
- Full support for RS4 D3D12 SDK
- Includes several bug fixes and application compatibility fixes
Compute Debugging and Analysis
- Support for CUDA 10.0
- Support for the latest Turing GPUs
- Win10 RS4 now supported, Win10 RS5 ready
- Next-Gen Profiler
- Multiple baselines are now supported for profiling run comparisons
- CUDA 10.0 Task Graph support
- PC Sampling now available
- New profiling metrics available to analyze and improve throughput
- New profiling rules available help spot suspicious patterns and recommend best practices
- Next-Gen Debugger
- WDDM2 Debugging now supported in addition to TCC mode debugging
- PTX and PTX+SASS source code correlation now available
- Improved expression, register, and conditional breakpoint support
For a complete overview of all Nsight? Visual Studio Edition features and access to resources, please visit the main Nsight? Visual Studio Edition page.
NVIDIA? Nsight? Visual Studio Edition 6.0 is available for download under the NVIDIA Registered Developer Program.