Application Settings

Setting your settings

The application settings can be accessed from the main menu using the Tools drop down menu. Select "Settings" to open the settings dialog.

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Overview of Settings

The settings window contains tabs for specific areas of GPU PerfStudio - General, Frame Debugger, and Profiler. These settings will persist between different uses of the client, but can be restored to their defaults by clicking "Restore All Default Values".

General Settings

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Frame Debugger Settings

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a) Shader Debugger Message timeout (seconds) - The maximum time, in seconds, that the Shader Debugger Run, Step, Back, or Run Back command is allowed to take.

b) Update draw call list on each update - Informs the client to retrieve an updated list of draw calls each time the windows are updated in the Frame Debugger. This is useful for applications which perform a dynamic number of passes based on the results of an earlier draw call.

c) GPUTime bar scale - The time bar along the bottom of the frame debugger provides a visual indication of the duration of each draw call. The range is calculated automatically from the available values. The GPUTimeBar Scale adds an additional scaling factor to this control to enable better visualization in cases where a single slow call causes the differences between other calls to be hidden.

d) Visualization settings enabled by default - Forces the Picture Visualization controls to be displayed by default on all new Picture Windows.

e) Show picture in picture by default - Forces the Picture in picture checkbox to be checked by default on all new Picture Windows.

f) Fit image to window by default - Forces the Fit to window checkbox to be checked by default on all new Picture Windows.

Profiler Settings

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a) Profiler timeout (seconds) - The maximum time allowed, in seconds, before the Profile commands time out.

b) Show counter description in tooltip - Select to display the counter description in the tool tips.

c) Perform analysis when opened - Runs the GPU Analysis function automatically when the window is opened.

d) Display profiler update dialog - Displays a dialog that reports progress of the profiler.