Linked Trace

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Description

This section shows a blend of the application's CPU and GPU activities.

The main purpose of this is to provide a means to cross-link API calls with corresponding GPU commands, and vice versa. Users are encouraged to undock the API Trace and GPU Trace tabs, and place them side-by-side as shown above. It is then possible to click on a call on one side, to identify the same call on the opposite side. This allows one to find expensive GPU commands, and find its point of origin on the CPU side.

Once open, timing data may be refreshed by pressing the Linked Trace button multiple times.