--- title: PIX 2610.28 – the biggest release of 2026 | daily.dev description: PIX 2610.28 is out, Microsoft's largest PIX release of the year, with support for all new D3D12 features in Agility SDK 620 (retail) and 721 (preview). DirectX... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/pix-2610-28-the-biggest-release-of-2026-4xrpel4lh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: PIX 2610.28 – the biggest release of 2026 | daily.dev og:description: PIX 2610.28 is out, Microsoft's largest PIX release of the year, with support for all new D3D12 features in Agility SDK 620 (retail) and 721 (preview). DirectX... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/pix-2610-28-the-biggest-release-of-2026-4xrpel4lh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/4xrpEL4lh.png og:image:alt: PIX 2610.28 – the biggest release of 2026 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # PIX 2610.28 – the biggest release of 2026 **[DevBlogs](https://daily.dev/sources/devblogs)** · 34 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary PIX 2610.28 is out, Microsoft's largest PIX release of the year, with support for all new D3D12 features in Agility SDK 620 (retail) and 721 (preview). DirectX Dump Files can now be analyzed for retail games through the PIX UI, API, and MCP/CLI tools. Shader Explorer graduates to main releases with live instruction profiling and export from GPU Captures. A new GPU Capture file format enables multithreaded Start Analysis, saving resolved PDBs into captures, and viewing screenshots from File Explorer. The release also adds DXR Clusters and Partitioned TLAS support, a heterogeneous-CPU timeline, and a standalone PixTimingCapturesMcp.exe server for AI agent analysis. It ships the most bug fixes of any PIX version. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How can I analyze DirectX dump files from a retail game using PIX? PIX 2610.28 adds full support for analyzing DirectX Dump Files from retail games and applications, available in the PIX UI, programmatically through the PIX API, or with AI agents using PIX's MCP/CLI tools. This is the first PIX release to support dump files outside of preview scenarios, letting developers inspect retail crash or capture data directly. _Developers debugging retail DirectX crashes can track tooling updates like this on daily.dev._ ### What changed in the PIX GPU capture file format in version 2610.28? PIX 2610.28 introduces a new GPU Capture file format that removes the old linear-decompression bottleneck, enabling multithreaded Start Analysis, saving resolved shader PDBs directly inside the capture file, and viewing captured screenshots from File Explorer. Old captures can be converted automatically when reopened in the new version, preserving backward compatibility while unlocking the new features. _Graphics engineers weighing a PIX upgrade can follow format changes like this on daily.dev._ ### How do I connect an AI agent to analyze PIX Timing Captures via MCP? PIX 2610.28 ships a standalone PixTimingCapturesMcp.exe server that MCP-capable clients register as a stdio server, then open an existing .wpix capture without needing a running PIX UI or network port. It supports CPU sample and stack queries, GPU-work correlation, DirectStorage queue data, metric discovery, range comparisons, and bookmark reading and updating. _Teams wiring AI agents into graphics profiling workflows can track MCP tooling updates on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Announcing AgilitySDK 721 Preview and an addition to LinAlg in Shader Model 6.10](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-agilitysdk-721-preview-and-an-addition-to-linalg-in-shader-model-6-10-syycyn9cj) · DevBlogs · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [New AMD Radeon Developer Tool Suite update brings shader source code, Extended PIX Markers, and command-line capture](https://daily.dev/posts/new-amd-radeon-developer-tool-suite-update-brings-shader-source-code-extended-pix-markers-and-comm-au99pxw9v) · AMD GPUOpen · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 432 - March 15th, 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/graphics-programming-weekly---issue-432---march-15th-2026-9tr6qstcs) · Jendrik Illner · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [DirectX Innovation at GDC 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/directx-innovation-at-gdc-2026-awulouevt) · DevBlogs · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [AMD and Microsoft partner on DirectX ML, DirectStorage, and developer tools at GDC 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/amd-and-microsoft-partner-on-directx-ml-directstorage-and-developer-tools-at-gdc-2026-kwpmev8jr) · AMD GPUOpen · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#mcp](https://daily.dev/tags/mcp), [#directx](https://daily.dev/tags/directx) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/pix-2610-28-the-biggest-release-of-2026-4xrpel4lh) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"PIX 2610.28 – the biggest release of 2026","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/pix-2610-28-the-biggest-release-of-2026-4xrpel4lh","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/pix-2610-28-the-biggest-release-of-2026-4xrpel4lh"},"datePublished":"2026-10-28T17:04:02.853Z","dateModified":"2026-10-28T17:26:01.463Z","description":"PIX 2610.28 is out, Microsoft's largest PIX release of the year, with support for all new D3D12 features in Agility SDK 620 (retail) and 721 (preview). 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