Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers 2012 R3 Release Notes
This article contains the online version of the Release Notes for the Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers product (Intel® GPA). This document provides system requirements, installation instructions, issues and limitations, and legal information. Type: Technical Article,News |
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05/21/2012
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Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers (Intel® GPA) FAQ
This article is the "Frequently Asked Questions" (FAQ) for the Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers (Intel® GPA). Intel GPA helps game developers analyze and optimize their games for Intel® CPU's and processor graphics. Type: Technical Article |
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05/21/2012
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Announcing Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers, Version 2012 R1
Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers (Intel® GPA) is a powerful, agile developer tool suite for analyzing and optimizing games, media, and graphics-intensive applications. Available now, Intel GPA 2012 R1 adds new features requested by game developers. Type: Technical Article,News |
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05/21/2012
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Intel® GPA: Announcing Release 2012 R3
Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers (Intel® GPA) is a powerful, agile developer tool suite for analyzing and optimizing games, media, and graphics-intensive applications. Available now, Intel GPA 2012 R3 adds new features requested by game developers. Type: Technical Article,News |
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05/21/2012
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Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers Getting Started Guide
Quickly get up-to-speed using the Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers (Intel® GPA) tool suite. The article is intended for graphics developers who are not familiar with Intel GPA. Type: Technical Article,Tutorials |
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05/17/2012
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Intel® GPA Tip: Minimize Overdraw by Using Pixel History and Pixel Overdraw Modes
Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers (Intel® GPA) includes various features that help game developers optimize their game. This article shows how to use the Pixel History and Overdraw modes to analyze "hot spots" within your game or application. Type: Technical Article |
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05/14/2012
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Intel® GPA Tip: Workaround for games that trap all keystrokes
When using Intel GPA System Analyzer / HUD, keyboard shortcuts may not work because the game is trapping all keystrokes. This article describes a workaround for this situation. Type: Technical Article |
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04/17/2012
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Introducing the Intel GPA Advisor
Recently added to Intel GPA are the Frame Advisor and Erg Advisor tools, which sort through your metrics data to quickly pinpoint specific issues within your frame. The tools highlight areas most likely to result in improving the playability of your game. Type: Technical Article,Tutorials |
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03/21/2012
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Intel GPA 2012: Graphics Checker not supported
Support for Intel Graphics Checker has been deprecated in the 2012 release of Intel GPA. A new Graphics Checker functionality will be provided in the near future. We are sorry for any inconvenience as we transition to this new capability. Type: Technical Article |
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03/16/2012
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Intel® GPA: support for various versions of the Microsoft* Windows* OS
In order to focus efforts on newer operating systems and technologies, the Intel GPA tools no longer support Microsoft Windows XP* or Microsoft Windows Vista*. This article describes the OS support for the product. Type: Technical Article |
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02/15/2012
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Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers Instrumentation Walkthrough
Intel® GPA Platform Analyzer is an instrumentation-based tool. The Intel® GPA instrumentation API provides functionality to describe various constructs such as dependencies between tasks. This paper describes how to instrument your code to use this tool. Type: Technical Article |
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01/13/2012
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Using Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzer (GPA) to analyze Intel® Media Software Development Kit-enabled applications
The Intel® GPA Media Performance Analyzer helps developers understand and fine-tune performance gaps uncovered when using the Intel Media SDK. This white paper provides detailed usage examples and tips on using the Intel GPA Media Performance Analyzer. Type: Technical Article |
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12/21/2011
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Intel® GPA Tip: Using the Frame Advisor and Erg Advisor Tools
Game analysis and optimization is critical, and the complexity of modern GPU's makes this task even more difficult. Intel GPA includes two "advisors" that automate the process of identifying the most likely causes of performance issues in a frame. Type: Technical Article,News,Tutorials |
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12/07/2011
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Intel® GPA Tip: Some Suggestions for Learning About Intel® GPA
Starting to use a new game analysis tool isn't easy, as there are lots of new terms and concepts to learn. In this article we'll show you how to quickly get up to speed with Intel® GPA -- the articles to read and where to get more information. Type: Technical Article |
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09/28/2011
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Intel® GPA Tip: don't change an application's monitor once System Analyzer HUD has started analyzing the app
This article describes a limitation with the Intel® GPA System Analyzer HUD. When analyzing an application you can't change the monitor or change from windowed mode to full screen mode (or vice versa). We provide suggestions for avoiding this limitation. Type: Technical Article |
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09/27/2011
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Optimize OpenCL™ Code with the Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers
To the Intel® SDK for OpenCL* Applications main page
Table of Contents
1. About the Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers (Intel® GPA)2. Generating a Trace File3. OpenCL Device View4. Controlling the ... Type: Technical Article |
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09/26/2011
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Intel® GPA Tip: unexpected results when saving render target images to disk
Intel GPA Frame Analyzer allows the user to save the a render target image to disk for later analysis. In some cases the resulting image is not what you expected. This article describes the issue and various alternatives for getting what you want. Type: Technical Article |
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09/23/2011
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Intel GPA - Graphics Performance Analyzers - Intel Software Network
Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers (Intel® GPA) is a powerful, agile tool suite which will help you to utilize the full performance potential of Intel Integrated Graphics-based systems Type: Landing & Links |
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09/19/2011
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"MAXIS*-mizing" Darkspore*: A Case Study of Graphic Analysis and Optimizations in Maxis’* Deferred Renderer
2nd Generation Intel® Core™ processors fundamentally changed the PC gaming landscape. Intel® GPA 4.0 provides full support for this next generation of processors. The Darkspore* team at Maxis used GPA to optimize their game for the new processor graphics. Type: Technical Article |
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09/15/2011
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Section 8: Prejudice Case Study
This case study demonstrates how the performance of Section 8: Prejudice was increased 1.17x, from 24FPS to 28FPS on 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ processor family using the Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers (GPA) on the game’s built-in benchmark scene. Type: Technical Article |
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07/14/2011
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Intel® GPA Tip: Maximizing metrics accuracy when running Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers
This article provides tips and tricks to help you maximize the accuracy of graphics metrics obtained when using Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers (Intel® GPA) to optimize your game. Type: Technical Article |
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07/08/2011
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Graphics Checker Webinar
Join a free webinar June 28 (10am – 11am U.S. PST) on how Intel’s most powerful game developer tool, Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzer, now works with Intel® Graphics Checker to help you opt ... |
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05/12/2011
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Intel® GPA tip: running the tools on Intel-based netbooks
This article describes the behavior of Intel® GPA on netbooks based on Intel® processors and chipsets. Using Intel GPA with the latest graphics drivers now allows you to analyze and optimize your game on these platforms. Type: Technical Article |
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03/29/2011
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Intel® GPA Tip: using multi-byte filenames
Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers (Intel® GPA) is a suite of tools that helps game developers analyze and optimize their games for the PC market. This technical article describes how to use multi-byte filenames with the product. Type: Technical Article |
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03/24/2011
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Intel® GPA Tip: workaround for install errrors
Under some situations Intel® encounters an error when trying to install prerequisites (such as the Microsoft DirectX* runtime libraries). This article provides a workaround for the issue. Type: Technical Article |
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03/18/2011
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