Intel GPA- the app to optimize your game. Optimize for Windows*, Android* and Ubuntu* games

1. Brandon Blair, Product Owner
Updated 2016

2. PC gaming (Windows*, Ubuntu*) Mobile gaming (Windows, Android*)

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Intel® GPA - the app to optimize your games!
Desktop / AIO
High–End
GPU
Mainstream
Graphics
10fps
5fps
60+
fps
5fps
30 fps
30+
fps

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Host/Target architecture
Host System Target System

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Host OS
 Win 7, Win 8.1, Win 10
(64-bit)
DirectX*
 DX 9.x, 10.x, 11.2
Target Hardware
 Intel, Nvidia, AMD GPUs
 Windows x86 Tablets
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Optimize Windows*, Android*, and Ubuntu* games!
Windows
Gaming
Android
Gaming
Host OS
 Windows, Ubuntu, Mac*
OSX
OpenGL ES*
 1.x, 2.x, 3.x
Target Hardware
 Intel® Atom™, ARM
Android OS
 4.x, 5.x
Ubuntu
Gaming
Host OS
 Ubuntu*
OpenGL*
 3.3, 4.0, 4.1
Target Hardware
 Intel® HD Graphics 4k-6k
Target OS
 Ubuntu 14.04, 15.04

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What’s inside Intel® GPA?
System Analyzer / HUD
Frame AnalyzerPlatform Analyzer
In-game analysis
Single frame analysisTimeline analysis
Graphics Monitor
Launch & config tool

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How to use GPA?
HUD / System Analyzer:
Frame Analyzer:
Platform Analyzer:
CPU Limited
GPU Limited
Capture
frame
Capture
trace
?Run with
Intel® GPA
In-Game Analysis Offline Analysis

8. System Analyzer, Frame Analyzer, Platform Analyzer

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Graphics Monitor
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• Launch point
• Set HUD metrics
• Set capture triggers
• View Logs and System Info

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System Analyzer
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• View metrics while game is running
• Enable graphics experiments without
changing your code
• Identify CPU or GPU bottleneck using
just 2 metrics
• Capture frames and traces for more
detailed analysis

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System Analyzer – Details – Real Time Metrics
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• CPU Metrics
• GPU Metrics
• Memory Metrics
• Power Metrics
• Graphics API Metrics
• Other Platform Metrics
*Metric availability depends on
platform

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Heads Up Display (HUD)
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• All System Analyzer
features
• Doesn’t require
separate host system

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Platform Analyzer
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• See what the CPU and GPU are
doing
• Determine the cause of a starved
GPU queue
• Observe the relationship between
functions and metrics

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Platform Analyzer – Details
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Bubble
Not using both
cores
GPU Queue DX Tasks SA Metrics
Context
Switches

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Frame Analyzer for DirectX* and OpenGL*
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• See metrics per draw call and find
bottlenecks
• Analyze all graphics resources used to
create the frame
• Change rendering states and shaders
• Remove whole draw calls
• No recompiling needed.
• For Android* applications: debug
rendering issues at any stage of the
graphics pipeline

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Frame Analyzer for DirectX*
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Frame Analyzer DirectX* – Ergs and Metrics
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• Identify performance
bottlenecks with the erg graph
• Select individual ergs for
further investigation

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Frame Analyzer for DirectX* – Experiments
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• Immediately see performance deltas
• 2x2 Textures
• 1x1 Scissor Rect
• Simple Pixel Shader
• Disable Erg(s)

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Frame Analyzer for DirectX* – Texture Viewer
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Frame Analyzer for DirectX* – Geometry View
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Frame Analyzer for DirectX* – Shader Editing
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Frame Analyzer for OpenGL ES*
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Frame Analyzer for OpenGL ES* – Texture Viewer
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Frame Analyzer for OpenGL ES* – Geometry
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Frame Analyzer for OpenGL ES* – Shader Editing
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How to get started?
• No Code Changes Needed
• No Root Required*
• No Mobile App Installation
• ADB interface
* For platform analysis or debug enabled application
• No Code Changes Needed
• No Environment Changes
• No IDE Necessary
• Dual or Single System Analysis

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