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Any recommendations for gratis (i.e. free as in free beer) profilers which can be integrated with Visual C++ 2005? I'm using Very Sleepy right now (which is really nice), but wouldn't mind shifting if there were a better option.

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If you don't mind being a little unconventional, this costs nothing and works just fine.

Mike Dunlavey
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Edit: you gotta work on your word choice. I missed the "gratis" there. Leaving my answer just because it is an amazing profiler.

If you want a serious solution, get Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite. Also note that the profiler has improved significantly with each new release (2008, 2010), but even in VS2005 it made others seem like half-hearted attempts. In my experience, it is the answer for profiling on the Windows platform.

280Z28
In 2005, there are some small glitches with the profiler, and the documentation is bad, but the results are impressive; I've used it with great success.
MP24
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AMD CodeAnalyst is the best I've tried yet.

Nikola Gedelovski