What is NVIDIA Shader Debugger?

NVIDIA Shader Debugger

Modern shaders are growing in complexity, making them harder to understand and debug. The NVIDIA Shader Debugger was designed to be a full-featured pixel shader debugger that allows shaders to be debugged just like CPU code.

Key Features:

• Microsoft DirectX 9 & 10 (HLSL)


• OpenGL (CgFX & COLLADA FX Cg)


• Single Step, Examine control flow for a single pixel


• Run to Cursor, Run to Bookmark


• Debugging of multiple shaders concurrently


• View Globals, Parameters, and Local Variables


• Search, Technique, Pass, and Function selection, Watch Expressions, Automatic variable selection


• Multiple Pixel Debugging, Value Visualization (Map variables to colors)


• Conditional Pixel Kill, Non-Peer Pixel Kill

Requirements:

• GeForce 6 Series equivalent or better GPU

• 2+ GHz Dual-Core Processor

• 2 GB System Memory

• Requires FX Composer 2.5, which is bundled with the Shader Debugger download

• 360 MB free disk space (installer includes FX Composer 2.5)

Limitations:

• 30 days trial

For more information and to download the NVIDIA Shader Debugger for FREE, visit Nvidia.

How Download Works

Go to the Softpas website, press the 'Downloads' button, and pick the app you want to download and install—easy and fast!