What's new in Vulkan Hardware Capability Viewer 3.40

Mar 31, 2024
  • Updated Vulkan profiles library to SDK 1.3.280
  • Minor changes to report JSON to avoid issues with e.g. large VkFormat feature values
  • Vulkan header 1.3.280
  • Added support for new features and properties provided via VK_KHR_GET_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_PROPERTIES_2:
  • VK_EXT_map_memory_placed
  • VK_NV_shader_atomic_float16_vector
  • VK_NV_raw_access_chains
  • VK_NV_ray_tracing_validation

New in Vulkan Hardware Capability Viewer 3.33 (Jan 28, 2024)

  • Vulkan header 1.3.276
  • Added support for new features and properties provided via VK_KHR_GET_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_PROPERTIES_2:
  • VK_ANDROID_external_format_resolve
  • VK_ARM_render_pass_striped
  • VK_ARM_scheduling_controls
  • VK_EXT_nested_command_buffer
  • VK_IMG_relaxed_line_rasterization
  • VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering_local_read
  • VK_KHR_index_type_uint8
  • VK_KHR_line_rasterization
  • VK_KHR_maintenance6
  • VK_KHR_shader_expect_assume
  • VK_KHR_shader_float_controls2
  • VK_KHR_shader_maximal_reconvergence
  • VK_KHR_shader_quad_control
  • VK_KHR_shader_subgroup_rotate
  • VK_KHR_vertex_attribute_divisor
  • VK_KHR_video_maintenance1
  • VK_NV_cuda_kernel_launch
  • VK_NV_extended_sparse_address_space
  • VK_NV_per_stage_descriptor_set

New in Vulkan Hardware Capability Viewer 3.32 (Sep 8, 2023)

  • Vulkan header 1.3.264
  • Added support for new features and properties provided via VK_KHR_GET_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_PROPERTIES_2:
  • VK_KHR_cooperative_matrix
  • VK_EXT_frame_boundary
  • VK_EXT_depth_bias_control
  • VK_EXT_dynamic_rendering_unused_attachments
  • VK_NV_descriptor_pool_overallocation
  • VK_MSFT_layered_driver
  • VK_QCOM_image_processing2
  • VK_QCOM_filter_cubic_weights
  • VK_QCOM_ycbcr_degamma
  • VK_QCOM_filter_cubic_clamp
  • VK_QNX_external_memory_screen_buffer
  • Properly display image layouts for VK_EXT_host_image_copy
  • Updated Vulkan profiles library

New in Vulkan Hardware Capability Viewer 3.31 (May 27, 2023)

  • Enable VK_EXT_swapchain_colorspace if supported by the implementation
  • This will report additional surface formats (e.g. for HDR color spaces), esp. on Android
  • Existing reports can be updated if new surface formats are reported with this version
  • Fixes a bug that stopped the application from working on certain Linux platforms using wayland

New in Vulkan Hardware Capability Viewer 3.30 (May 14, 2023)

  • Important note for Linux users: Due to changes with automated builds, this version may no longer work on older eol Linux versions (e.g. Ubuntu < 20)
  • Vulkan header 1.3.250
  • Added support for new features and properties provided via VK_KHR_GET_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_PROPERTIES_2:
  • VK_KHR_ray_tracing_position_fetch
  • VK_EXT_attachment_feedback_loop_dynamic_state
  • VK_EXT_shader_tile_image
  • VK_EXT_shader_object
  • VK_NV_displacement_micromap

New in Vulkan Hardware Capability Viewer 3.29 (Mar 17, 2023)

  • Added support for new features and properties provided via VK_KHR_GET_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_PROPERTIES_2:
  • VK_ARM_shader_core_properties
  • VK_EXT_image_sliced_view_of_3d
  • VK_EXT_pipeline_library_group_handles
  • VK_QCOM_multiview_per_view_render_areas
  • Filtering will keep child values displayed
  • Add new queue family flag bits

New in Vulkan Hardware Capability Viewer 3.28 (Jan 25, 2023)

  • Added support for new features and properties provided via VK_KHR_GET_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_PROPERTIES_2:
  • VK_HUAWEI_cluster_culling_shader
  • Use Vulkan profiles library from LunarG SDK

New in Vulkan Hardware Capability Viewer 3.27 (Nov 19, 2022)

  • Added support for new features and properties provided via VK_KHR_GET_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_PROPERTIES_2:
  • VK_EXT_descriptor_buffer
  • VK_ARM_shader_core_builtins
  • VK_NV_copy_memory_indirect
  • VK_NV_memory_decompression
  • VK_NV_ray_tracing_invocation_reorder

New in Vulkan Hardware Capability Viewer 3.26 (Sep 30, 2022)

  • Added support for new features and properties provided via VK_KHR_GET_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_PROPERTIES_2:
  • VK_EXT_opacity_micromap
  • VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state3
  • VK_EXT_device_fault
  • VK_EXT_device_address_binding_report
  • VK_EXT_pipeline_protected_access
  • VK_EXT_legacy_dithering
  • VK_EXT_mutable_descriptor_type
  • VK_EXT_rasterization_order_attachment_access
  • VK_NV_present_barrier
  • VK_NV_optical_flow
  • Updated Vulkan profiles library to the latest version
  • Added detection for Windows 11
  • Fixed a bug with large values for maxTimelineSemaphoreValueDifference

New in Vulkan Hardware Capability Viewer 3.25 (Sep 1, 2022)

  • Updated Vulkan profiles library to the latest version
  • Added support for new features and properties provided via VK_KHR_GET_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_PROPERTIES_2:
  • VK_EXT_mesh_shader
  • VK_EXT_depth_clamp_zero_one
  • VK_EXT_rasterization_order_attachment_access

New in Vulkan Hardware Capability Viewer 3.24 (Aug 7, 2022)

  • Added support for new features and properties provided via VK_KHR_GET_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_PROPERTIES_2:
  • VK_EXT_pipeline_robustness
  • VK_EXT_shader_module_identifier
  • VK_EXT_attachment_feedback_loop_layout
  • VK_EXT_multisampled_render_to_single_sampled
  • VK_QCOM_image_processing
  • VK_QCOM_tile_properties
  • VK_SEC_amigo_profiling
  • Updated Vulkan profiles library to latest version )

New in Vulkan Hardware Capability Viewer 3.23 (Jun 27, 2022)

  • Added support for the VK_KHR_portability_enumeration extension on MacOS
  • Added support for new features and properties provided via VK_KHR_GET_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_PROPERTIES_2:
  • VK_EXT_non_seamless_cube_map

New in Vulkan Hardware Capability Viewer 3.22 (May 26, 2022)

  • Added support for new features and properties provided via VK_KHR_GET_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_PROPERTIES_2:
  • VK_EXT_image_2d_view_of_3d
  • VK_EXT_image_compression_control
  • VK_EXT_image_compression_control_swapchain
  • VK_EXT_pipeline_properties
  • VK_EXT_subpass_merge_feedback
  • VK_KHR_ray_tracing_maintenance1
  • VK_KHR_fragment_shader_barycentric
  • VK_AMD_shader_early_and_late_fragment_tests
  • Disabled uploads when feature modifying tools are detected (e.g. an active profiles layer)

New in Vulkan Hardware Capability Viewer 3.21 (Apr 3, 2022)

  • Added support for new features and properties provided via VK_KHR_GET_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_PROPERTIES_2:
  • VK_EXT_graphics_pipeline_library
  • VK_EXT_primitives_generated_query
  • VK_VALVE_descriptor_set_host_mapping

New in Vulkan Hardware Capability Viewer 3.2 (Feb 22, 2022)

  • Added support for Vulkan profiles

New in Vulkan Hardware Capability Viewer 3.11 (Feb 22, 2022)

  • Bugfix for large maxBufferSize values in Vulkan 1.3 core properties

New in Vulkan Hardware Capability Viewer 3.1 (Feb 22, 2022)

  • Added support for Vulkan 1.3 core features and properties
  • Added support for new features and properties provided via VK_KHR_GET_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_PROPERTIES_2:
  • VK_QCOM_fragment_density_map_offset
  • VK_KHR_global_priority
  • VK_NV_linear_color_attachment