Radeon Developer Tool Suite to arm developers with more powerful features than ever, now with support for the latest RDNA 4 GPUs as well.
AMD Adds RDNA 4 Support to Radeon Developer Tool Suite, Adds Hardware Crash Analysis, Upgraded Raytracing Analyzer, and More
AMD's Radeon RDNA 4 lineup isn't just crafted for gamers but will be ideal for game developers as well. With the launch of the Radeon RX 9070 series, AMD now has powerful gaming GPUs in the mid-range category that particularly excels at ray tracing compared to its predecessors. This is why the updated features of the Radeon Developer Tool Suite package will ensure that developers can leverage the potential of the new GPUs apart from getting used to the newly added features.
The first big update is the addition of Linux support to Driver Experiments, which allows developers to access the driver settings that were only accessible to AMD engineers previously. This alone is incredibly helpful for developers who want to test their apps and games on Linux-based operating systems without having to change the source code.
The Radeon GPU Profiler now supports the RX 9000 series as well. Version 2.4 now brings many new enhancements and features, including support for Profile Pure Compute DirectX 12/Vulkan and DirectML applications for deeper analysis. The RGP and RDP (Radeon Developer Panel) can now capture profiles from pure compute and console-based apps apart from frame-based apps. RGP 2.4 also brings better support for the Work Graphs applications and enhances some UI elements for the ISA views.
The Radeon GPU Detective (RGD) is now updated with a new feature called Hardware Crash Analysis in the latest version 1.4 update, allowing developers to examine the GPU's state at the time of the crash, helping them resolve the issues quickly. RGD could already analyze GPU crashes, but RGD brings detailed low-level data, making it easier to understand the root cause.
Hardware Crash Analysis adds a fourth execution marker called "[#] shader in flight" at the third step after in-progress marker. There are lots of planned updates in the near future for this feature, including high-level and intermediate source code inclusion.
Then there are updates to the AMD Radeon GPU Analyzer, which brings several enhancements to the ISA disassembly view, and also to the AMD GPU Performance API, which brings support for both RX 9070 series and Strix Halo and Krackan Point APUs.
Lastly, the Radeon Raytracing Analyzer also received a big update to support the RX 9000 series and brings updates to the Bounding Volume Hierarchy. The new Radeon Developer Tool Suite package can be downloaded directly from the GPUOpen website.
News Source: gpuopen.com
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