Pipeline States (Direct3D 9)

Most graphics debugging elements of NVIDIA Nsight, such as viewing textures and render targets, are the same for a Direct3D 9 application as they are for a Direct3D 10 or Direct3D 11 application.

However, when debugging a Direct3D 9 application, you will notice that the available pipeline states (the pipeline information of a specific draw event) are different from their Direct3D 10/11 counterparts.

To view pipeline states for a Direct3D 9 application:

1. Start the Frame Debugger.
2. On the draw call page, under Pipeline State, click on the stage of the rendering pipeline that you want to inspect.
   
    

Streams (IS) 

The Streams page shows the layout of your vertex buffers and index buffers, along with a pre-transform rendering of the primitives.

Vertex Shader (VS) 

The Vertex Shader page has a link to the shader, the list of constants, and any bound texture samplers.

Rasterizer State

The Rasterizer State page displays render state settings, texture wrapping modes, and viewport information.

Pixel Shader (PS) 

The Pixel Shader page has a link to the shader, the list of constants, and any bound texture samplers.

Output Targets (OT) 

The Output Targets page displays parameters such as blending setup, depth, and stencil states.