Capture a trace

Open Frame Advisor and select New Trace.

Figure 1. Frame Advisor's launch screen

Frame Advisor lists the connected devices and the applications installed. Select your device and the application containing the frames that you want to capture.

Figure 1. Frame Advisor's connection screen

If your application is Vulkan, change the selection in the API settings.

Click Next to start the capture session. The application will start automatically on the device.

Figure 1. Frame Advisor's capture screen

Play the application until you find your problem area. Just before you reach the part of the application where you have a frame rate drop or where the device overheats, click Pause, or hit the space bar. You can use the step button to move forward frame by frame.

You can currently capture a frame burst of up to 3 consecutive frames. Here, we will capture one frame. Click the capture button and Frame Advisor will capture the next frame.

By default, we capture only the color attachment. Change the Capture mode to All attachments to also include any depth and stencil attachments as well as any attachments from multiple render targets, or you can capture the overdraw in the scene.

When the capture completes, the frame is shown in the Captured frames list.

Click Analyze to see the results. This might take a few minutes, depending on your content and how many frames you captured.