DirectX Capabilities Viewer Microsoft Corporation

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Use this command to install DirectX Capabilities Viewer:

winget install --id=Microsoft.DirectX.CapsViewer -e

DirectX Capabilities Viewer is a standalone utility designed to help developers explore the Direct3D capabilities exposed by their system's hardware, software, and drivers. This tool provides detailed insights into device functionality across various Direct3D versions (DX9, DX10, DX11, and DX12), enabling developers to understand the features supported by their graphics card.

Key Features:

View device capabilities for different Direct3D versions.
Analyze shader models and texture formats supported by the hardware.
Generate detailed reports for offline analysis or sharing with team members.
Explore pixel shaders, vertex shaders, geometry shaders, and compute shaders.

Audience & Benefit:
Ideal for graphics programmers and developers working on DirectX-based applications. This tool helps optimize code and ensure compatibility across diverse hardware configurations by providing a clear understanding of device capabilities. By leveraging this utility, developers can reduce trial-and-error testing and streamline the development process.

Installable via winget, DirectX Capabilities Viewer is a lightweight yet powerful resource for anyone working with Direct3D technologies.

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DirectX Capabilities Viewer

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2136896

This developer utility was originally shipped in the DirectX SDK, and then in 2012 was moved to the Windows 8 SDK, Windows 8.1 SDK, and Windows 10 SDK. The tool is designed to allow developers to explore the Direct3D capabilities exposed by the hardware/software/drivers on their system.

Visit the DirectX Landing Page for more resources for DirectX developers.

Building the tool

This project is set up to use CMake with the Ninja generation via VS 2019's CMake integration. It is currently set up to require the Windows 10 SDK (19041) headers, but will run on Windows 7 SP1 or later.

Documentation

Documentation is available on the GitHub wiki.

Notices

All content and source code for this package are subject to the terms of the MIT License.

For the latest version of this tool, bug reports, etc. please visit the project site on GitHub.

Contributing

This project welcomes contributions and suggestions. Most contributions require you to agree to a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) declaring that you have the right to, and actually do, grant us the rights to use your contribution. For details, visit https://cla.opensource.microsoft.com.

When you submit a pull request, a CLA bot will automatically determine whether you need to provide a CLA and decorate the PR appropriately (e.g., status check, comment). Simply follow the instructions provided by the bot. You will only need to do this once across all repos using our CLA.

Code of Conduct

This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.

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