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.

When Intel® GPA creates frame capture files, all DirectX* calls in your game are captured to a file, including calls that return errors. This article describes the tool's handling of API errors, how to avoid them, and what do when Intel GPA reports them.

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.