Microsoft PIX

Microsoft PIX 2603.25

Performance tuning and debugging for DirectX 12 games on Windows

  • By Microsoft Corporation
  • Proprietary
  • Updated Mar 25, 2026
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About Microsoft PIX

Performance tuning and debugging for DirectX 12 games on Windows

What's new in 2603.25

Today we released PIX 2603.25 which can be downloaded here. These releases include everything in the previous 2602.25 release, plus the following bug fixes:
- Fix capture layer issue corrupting tiled resources in some scenarios
- Fix debug layer error during capture in query heaps
- Fix race condition in UpdateTileMappings() that could cause random crashes
- Fix Programmable Sample Position capture on AMD hardware
- Export-to-C++: fix compilation issue with newer D3D features
- Attach to Process: fix potential crash when connecting to remote machines
- System Monitor: show counter description (instead of name) in the tooltip
- Shader Debugger: Fix copy (ctrl+c) of all data columns in shader debug watch view
- Misc: respect global Windows settings for popup menu animation behaviors
Thank you to everyone who reported issues and suggestions to us. Please keep them coming! The best ways to contact us are via the DirectX Discord and via the Send Feedback buttons in PIX.

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Technical details

PublisherMicrosoft Corporation
Version2603.25
Release date2026-03-25
LicenseProprietary
Installer typeburn
Architecturex64, arm64
Package IDMicrosoft.PIX

Links & install command

Install Microsoft PIX from the command line with Windows Package Manager (winget):

winget install --id=Microsoft.PIX -e

d3d12dxr

Older versions

  • 2602.25
  • 2601.15
  • 2509.25
  • 2507.11
  • 2505.30
  • 2505.09
  • 2503.24
  • 2501.30
  • 2412.12

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