CapFrameX v1.6.0 beta

Update 21 February 2021

• Added capture start delay option
• Fixed GPU RPM sensor not refreshing

Update 17 February 2021

• Variable refresh rate monitoring for Nvidia Graphics cards
• PNG export graphs
• 0-30ms y-axis scale option on Analysis tab

New features

• Dark mode
• Evaluation for multiple records on Sensor page (aggregate and average mode)
• Selectable "Averaged values" line on Report page

Enhancements

• Capture service performance optimization
• Record comments can now be changed directly in the comment cells of the record list

Important notes

• The lastest RTSS release candidate should be installed: https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/rtss-6-7-0-beta-1.412822/page-150#post-5886754

CapFrameX v1.5.8

Update 12 February 2021

• Fixed portable, missing components

New features

• Option to auto turn off overlay when capturing frametimes to reduce impact on the results.
• New Sensor page to freely set the sensors that will be logged in benchmarks (Analysis page only shows the basic sensors, Sensor page shows all)
• Custom resolution chart export for line graphs on Analysis, Comparison and Synchronization page via context menu (resolution can be set under global options)
• Added "GPU FPS/10W" to metrics and changed "CPU FPS/W" to "CPU FPS/10W" (better visibility for bar charts)
• Added "Used Memory Game", "GPU Memory Dedicated Game" and "GPU Memory Shared Game" to sensors to log the memory usage of the specific games
• Memory sensor for AMD cards provided by ADL (equivalent to NvAPI)
• Experimental support for Intel Rocket Lake CPUs

Enhancements

• Sensors that are neither used while logging nor displayed in the overlay won't be updated to further minimize performance impact
• Improved hotkey handling (example: Hotkey "X" now also responds to modifier combinations like "Shift+X" as long as there is no other hotkey using that exact combination)
• "Copy/paste" option for Record lists context menu
• User config is now saved as JSON in the Documents folder to be persistent when installing new versions.
• Record list search bar now also works with comment lines
• General performance optimization

Bug fixes

• Possible Hotkey sound delay
• Legends on Comparison page may still be visible even if toggled off
• Missing power and VRAM (dedicated memory) sensor for AMD GPUs

CapFrameX v1.5.7 beta

New features

• Auto turn off overlay when capturing frametimes to reduce impact on the results. (added Nov. 13th)

Enhancements

• Copy/paste capture files to another folder within CX (added Nov. 2nd)
• Individual control of sensors via the overlay configuration. Specific sensors can be switched off. This concerns for example the GPU power sensor on Nvidia Pascal cards. This sensor can cause frametime spikes. (added Nov. 2nd)

Bug fixes

• Process list refresh error, failed to capture frametimes after closing process
• Hotkey sound delay (added Oct. 25th)

Important notes

• To use the portable version the installer must run first to ensure all frameworks are installed.

CapFrameX v1.5.6

New features

• Added experimental support for AMD Zen 3 CPUs
• Added CXRemote compatibility for remotely starting and stopping captures through clients (CXR remote interface)
• Added "Low FPS" to the stuttering pie chart showing the time that wasn't considered stuttering but still below a customizable FPS threshold
• Added hotkey to toggle through the different overlay configurations

Enhancements

• Decimals can now be used for capture time
• More precise capture time
• Better GPU VRAM performance counter handling
• More entries can be displayed on the overlay at once
• Resolution info on Report page and copy data in current language culture

Bug fixes

• No GPU power sensor (Nvidia graphics cards) when using latest driver
• App crash on capture when entering invalid characters in the capture time box
• Installer with missing DLLs
• Wrong date format (yyyy-dd-mm) for screenshots from any page other than the analysis

Important notes

• To use the portable version the installer must run first to ensure all frameworks are installed.
• The portable version has a larger file size because pdb-files are now included. The pdb-files help us to get more detailed log reports.

CapFrameX v1.5.6 beta

Enhancements

• Decimals can now be used for capture time
• More precise capture time
• Better GPU VRAM performance counter handling

Bug fixes

• No GPU power sensor (Nvidia graphics cards) when using latest driver
• Installer with missing DLLs

Important notes

• To use the portable version the installer must run first to ensure all frameworks are installed.
• The portable version has a larger file size because pdb-files are now included. The pdb-files help us to get more detailed log reports.

CapFrameX v1.5.5

New features

• Compatibility with Nvidia FrameView capture CSV files
• Added resolution (window size) of captured game to system info expander
• Relative mode toggle on comparison page to switch between percentages being automatically shown on mouseover and fixed on mouseclick

Enhancements

• Speed-up app start
• Updated hardware sensor library for better compatiblity (CPUs only)
• Accept multiselection when moving entries to the comparison, aggregation, report and cloud page
• Accept multiselection when editing info for records in the record list
• Block hotkey trigger when a modifier key(Crtl, Alt, Shift) that is not included in the hotkey combination is pressed at the same time(Now you can set "X" and "Alt + X" as two different hotkeys without Alt + X triggering the "X" action aswell)

Bug fixes

• Sensor detection error
• App crash (performance counter NextValue() exception)
• Empty overlay items list on app start when overlay isn't activated
• Problems with overlay suddenly disappearing or not showing at all

Important notes

• To use the portable version the installer must run first to ensure all frameworks are installed.
• The portable version has a larger file size because pdb-files are now included. The pdb-files help us to get more detailed log reports.

CapFrameX v1.5.5 beta

New features

• Compatibility with Nvidia FrameView capture CSV files
• Added resolution (window size) of captured game to system info expander

Enhancements

• Speed-up app start

Bug fixes

• Sensor detection error
• App crash (performance counter NextValue() exception)

Important notes

• To use the portable version the installer must run first to ensure all frameworks are installed.
• New x% low metrics are not compatible any longer with older versions. In case reviews were created with the old x% low metrics, they are not comparable with the new ones. If the recorded data is still available, the analyses can be recreated.
• The portable version has a larger file size because pdb-files are now included. The pdb-files help us to get more detailed log reports.

CapFrameX v1.5.4

New features

• Added dedicated and shared VRAM usage for AMD and Nvidia GPUs
• GPU acceleration mode on/off (can be used in case of G-Sync/FreeSync issues)

Enhancements

• Toggle between frametimes and FPS on the L-shape graphs
• Updated hardware sensor library for better compatiblity (CPUs only)

Bug fixes

• Possible crash when saving record files made with MS Office running
• Problems with resetting overlay configuration

Important notes

• To use the portable version the installer must run first to ensure all frameworks are installed.
• New x% low metrics are not compatible any longer with older versions. In case reviews were created with the old x% low metrics, they are not comparable with the new ones. If the recorded data is still available, the analyses can be recreated.
• The portable version has a larger file size because pdb-files are now included. The pdb-files help us to get more detailed log reports.

CapFrameX v1.5.3

New features

• Added CPU performance per watt to metrics(requires records containing sensor data, GPU Perf/W following in later version)
• Added "GPU clock" and "Time in GPU load Limit" to sensor statistics (load limit showing the percentage of load values that indicate a GPU limit (>= 97%))
• Added "Start with Windows" and "Start minimized" to global options
• Added "Group control" option on "Overlay" page to quickly enable or disable entire groups of sensors to show on the overlay
• Added "Sort metric" option to "Comparison" page to sort bar charts depending on the chosen metric
• Added FPS graphs to "Comparison" page
• Added filters for FPS graphs to either show raw FPS data, an interval based average FPS trend or both graphs together
• Added "Cutting" button to the range slider on "Analysis" page to cut a record according to range slider placement and save it as a new file
• Added overlay options tab
  • value limits and colors
  • value and group font sizes
  • group separators
  • options to apply set values to same group or sensor type entries
• Added set to minimal OSD button

Enhancements

• Save button for overlay items list is now disabled as long as nothing was changed to better indicate the need to save
• Cloud download folder is now selectable as observed folder through a button next to the cloud directory setting
• FPS graphs are now automatically centered around their average line.
• First metric is now selectable on "Comparison" page
• Copy sensor statistics to clipboard through context menu
• Copy raw sensor values + times to clipboard through context menu
• Range Sliders can now also be controlled by typing in specific start and end times
• CPU, GPU and RAM as sortable columns of the record list
• Colorpickers now list the CX default colors as standard values
• Cleanup registry after uninstall
• Uploading logs after app crash to our server
• x% low metrics are now using the same calculation approach as MSI Afterburner

Bug fixes

• GPU power sensor was not available for Nvidia GPUs on some systems/drivers
• Sometimes a capture failed to be saved and after this the hotkey isn't working until a restart of CX
• Sometimes a change in hardware was falsely detected at startup, making the overlay items list out of order and some group names reverted back to default
• Drag and drop of overlay entries may cause inconsistent entry order
• Possible crash on startup with Windows 10
• Null exception when a sensor value is NULL
• AMD Vega cards 0 temperatures bug

Important notes

• To use the portable version the installer must run first to ensure all frameworks are installed.
• New x% low metrics are not compatible any longer with older versions. In case reviews were created with the old x% low metrics, they are not comparable with the new ones. If the recorded data is still available, the analyses can be recreated.
• The portable version has a larger file size because pdb-files are now included. The pdb-files help us to get more detailed log reports.

CapFrameX v1.5.2

New features

• Added sensor data support for Intel Comet Lake CPUs
• Added new items for overlay
  • Real-time metrics (Avg, P1, P0.2, polling over last 30s)
  • Nvidia voltage and sensor limits (power, voltage, temperature)
  • CPU max clockspeed
• API and presentation mode info in system info expander on "Analysis" page (saving detailed API info requires running RTSS)
• "Minimize" now sends CX to tray
• Option to save capture files in standard PresentMon CSV format together with the JSON files (just for manually analyzing raw data through the files, CX doesn't use these)

Enhancements

• Multi selection for drag & drop of overlay entries
• Observed directory automatically switches to the tree view root folder if you change it

Bug fixes

• Sensor graphs legend on "Analysis" page doesn't show color
• Possible crash when viewing OCAT files
• When saving single history runs together with aggregation, the last single run saved may get wrong time values

Notes

• Older overlay configs are no longer compatible. You have to reset the existing configs by pressing the reset button on the "Overlay" page. Don't forget to save the new configs.
• If you want to get the latest game names and ignore list items activate "Auto update list" on the Cloud page.
• Please help us and activate the option "Share new entries" on the Cloud page. This way we get updates for game names and ignore list entries.