A recent update to the widely used Process Explorer tool from sysinternals adds GPU monitoring for individual processes. Although not as detailed as the information from the WPF Performance Suite the ubiquity of Process Explorer and xcopy deployment make it useful for troubleshooting GPU issues away from the development environment. As more UI frameworks leverage the power of the GPU like WPF does this kind of information will become more necessary when investigating application performance.
Dew Drop – August 5, 2011 | Alvin Ashcraft's Morning Dew