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Table of Contents

  • Nsight Graphics

User Guide

  • Release Notes
  • Installation
    • Windows Installation and Setup
    • Linux Installation and Setup
  • Getting Started
    • Expected Workflow
    • How to Launch and Connect to Your Application
    • After a Process is Connected
    • Configuring Your System for Optimal Analysis
    • Configuring Your Application for Optimal Analysis
    • Samples
    • User Interface Reference
      • App Configuration and Activity Selection UI
      • Project Explorer
      • Options
      • Common View Capabilities
      • Window Layouts
      • Window Chooser
  • Activities
    • Graphics Capture
      • Overview
      • UI Reference
      • Command-Line Interface
    • GPU Trace Profiler
      • Overview
      • UI Reference
      • Shader Profiler
      • System Architecture Guide
    • Shader Debugger
      • Overview
      • Shader Debugger Setup
      • UI Reference
    • OpenGL Frame Debugger
      • Overview
      • UI Reference
    • System Trace
  • GPU Crash Dumps
    • How To Setup and Inspect GPU Crash Dumps
    • Crash Dump Monitor UI Reference
    • Crash Dump Inspector UI Reference
  • Troubleshooting
  • Appendix

Developer Interfaces

  • Nsight Graphics SDK User Guide
  • Nsight Graphics SDK Reference
    • Groups
      • NGFX API
    • Structs
      • NGFX_DLSS_FG_PresentBoundary_D3D12_Params_V1
      • NGFX_DLSS_FG_PresentBoundary_Vulkan_Params_V1
      • NGFX_FrameBoundary_CUDART_Params_V1
      • NGFX_FrameBoundary_CUDA_Params_V1
      • NGFX_FrameBoundary_D3D12_Params_V1
      • NGFX_FrameBoundary_OpenGL_Params_V1
      • NGFX_FrameBoundary_Vulkan_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GPUTrace_ActivateTrace_CUDART_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GPUTrace_ActivateTrace_CUDA_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GPUTrace_ActivateTrace_D3D12_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GPUTrace_ActivateTrace_OpenGL_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GPUTrace_ActivateTrace_Vulkan_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GPUTrace_GetStatus_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GPUTrace_InitializeActivity_CUDART_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GPUTrace_InitializeActivity_CUDA_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GPUTrace_InitializeActivity_D3D12_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GPUTrace_InitializeActivity_OpenGL_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GPUTrace_InitializeActivity_Vulkan_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GPUTrace_Inject_CUDART_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GPUTrace_Inject_CUDA_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GPUTrace_Inject_D3D12_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GPUTrace_Inject_OpenGL_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GPUTrace_Inject_Vulkan_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GPUTrace_InjectionSettings_V1
      • NGFX_GPUTrace_StartTrace_CUDART_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GPUTrace_StartTrace_CUDA_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GPUTrace_StartTrace_D3D12_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GPUTrace_StartTrace_OpenGL_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GPUTrace_StartTrace_Vulkan_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GPUTrace_StopTrace_CUDART_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GPUTrace_StopTrace_CUDA_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GPUTrace_StopTrace_D3D12_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GPUTrace_StopTrace_OpenGL_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GPUTrace_StopTrace_Vulkan_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GPUTrace_WaitForStatus_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GraphicsCapture_InitializeActivity_D3D12_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GraphicsCapture_InitializeActivity_Vulkan_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GraphicsCapture_Inject_D3D12_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GraphicsCapture_Inject_Vulkan_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GraphicsCapture_InjectionSettings_V1
      • NGFX_GraphicsCapture_RequestCapture_D3D12_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GraphicsCapture_RequestCapture_Vulkan_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GraphicsCapture_StartCapture_D3D12_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GraphicsCapture_StartCapture_Vulkan_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GraphicsCapture_StopCapture_D3D12_Params_V1
      • NGFX_GraphicsCapture_StopCapture_Vulkan_Params_V1
      • NGFX_InstallationInfo
      • NGFX_ResourceDescription_D3D12_V1
      • NGFX_ResourceDescription_Vulkan_V1
      • NGFX_SystemProfiling_InitializeActivity_D3D12_Params_V1
      • NGFX_SystemProfiling_InitializeActivity_Vulkan_Params_V1
      • NGFX_SystemProfiling_Inject_D3D12_Params_V1
      • NGFX_SystemProfiling_Inject_Vulkan_Params_V1
      • NGFX_SystemProfiling_InjectionSettings_V1
      • NGFX_SystemProfiling_StartProfiling_D3D12_Params_V1
      • NGFX_SystemProfiling_StartProfiling_Vulkan_Params_V1
      • NGFX_SystemProfiling_StopProfiling_D3D12_Params_V1
      • NGFX_SystemProfiling_StopProfiling_Vulkan_Params_V1

Legal

  • Copyright and Licenses
  • Notices
  • Installation

Installation#

Guides on how to install NVIDIA Nsight Graphics.

  • Windows Installation and Setup
  • Linux Installation and Setup

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