Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers for macOS* Host

  • Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers 2019 R4
  • 12/20/2019
  • Public Content
Contents

Screen: Options

To access the
Options
 screen, click the button on the
Graphics Monitor Launcher Screen
.
The
Options
 screen comprises the following tabs:
  • :
    choose metrics to be displayed in the
     System Analyzer HUD in the target application, customize
    the
     System Analyzer HUD position, and configure metrics collection.
  • :
    view and change
     the default keyboard shortcuts.
  • Trace
    :
    set trace collection settings.
  • S
    tream    : set stream collection settings.
  • Frame
    : set frame delimiters.
NOTE
Settings in the
Metrics
 tab are not applicable to the applications running in the Steam mode.
Metrics
Use the
Metrics
 tab, to do the following:
  • Enable/disable system-wide time-based GPU metrics collection
  • Enable/disable GPU metrics collection by the target application
  • Customize
    the
     System Analyzer HUD position
  • Configure the HUD metrics
Metrics
 tab comprises two lists:
  • List of all available HUD metrics.
  • List of active HUD metrics.
To configure the HUD metrics to be shown in the target application, drag and drop a metric from the list of available metrics to the list of active metrics. The maximum number of active HUD metrics is four. To restore the default list of active HUD metrics, click the button. To change the metrics that are displayed, you can remove a metric from the Active HUD Metrics list by dragging and dropping this metric back to the list of available HUD metrics, or reorder the Active HUD Metrics list by dragging and dropping a desired metric over another active metric.
Use the search bar at the top of the tab to find relevant metrics.
Shortcuts
To change a shortcut, click the shortcut value, and then click the buttons combination that you want to use as a new shortcut: start with a combination of modifier keys (ALT, CTRL, SHIFT, etcs.) and end with an alpha-numeric character key.
To restore default shortcut values, click the button.
Use the search field at the top of the tab to find relevant shortcuts.
Trace
In the
Trace
 tab you can modify tracing options:
  • Enable capturing a trace upon an application startup.
  • Change the duration of the application run to be captured in a single trace file. By default, the trace duration is five seconds.
To restore the default tracing parameters, click the button.
Use the search field at the top of the tab to find relevant domains.
Stream
Use the
Stream
 tab to set configure the following stream capture settings:
  • Create screenshots in a specified sequence of frames.
  • Create screenshots in a specified time interval.
  • Enable/disable a HUD layer in the running application window.
Frame
Use the
Frame
 tab to set frame delimiters for OpenGL applications. Frame delimiter is an API call acting as a frame border. Set frame delimiters to enable Intel® GPA analysis for applications that do not use default frame delimiters.
OpenGL Frame Delimiters:
  • SwapBuffers
  • SetCurrentContext
  • glBlitFramebuffer
  • glClear
  • glFinish
  • glFlush
 

Product and Performance Information

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