# PVRTune on Pandaboard

**URL:** https://forums.imgtec.com/t/pvrtune-on-pandaboard/1853
**Category:** PowerVR Insider
**Tags:** pvrtune
**Created:** [July 14, 2013, 5:35am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/pvrtune-on-pandaboard/1853 "2013-07-14T05:35:19Z")
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### Author: ![anthonycj04-2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@anthonycj04-2](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/anthonycj04-2)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2013, 5:35am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/pvrtune-on-pandaboard/1853/1 "2013-07-14T05:35:19Z")

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Hi,  
  
  
  
I am running the PVRPerfServer from PowerVR SDK.210 on my pandaboard to collect GPU informations  
  
But the **on-screen vertices per frame** on the PVRTune is grayed out and not showing results  
  
  
  
Here’s a screenshot of PVRTune  
  
 ![](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16830933/PVRTune.jpg)  
  
  
  
It is executing LightMap from the SDK’s training course  
  
Thanks for your assistence

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### Author: ![JoeDavis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.imgtec.com/joedavis/32/71_2.png) [@JoeDavis](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/JoeDavis)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2013, 7:04am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/pvrtune-on-pandaboard/1853/2 "2013-07-15T07:04:59Z")

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Hi,  
  
  
  
As the GPU hardware is only capable of capturing a finite number of counters simultaneously, groups are required to capture a subset. Counters are grouped by association, e.g. the overview group, USSE stats etc.  
  
  
  
Greyed out text indicates that the counter is not part of the _active group_. You can enable the counter by changing the selected _active group_.  
  
  
  
Thanks,  
  
Joe  
  
  
  
p.s. I’d recommend moving to the latest version of PVRTune in our 3.1 SDK. The interface has been simplified & we’ve added a bunch of new features 🙂

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### Author: ![anthonycj04-2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@anthonycj04-2](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/anthonycj04-2)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2013, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/pvrtune-on-pandaboard/1853/3 "2013-07-15T13:43:08Z")

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Thanks a lot Joe!!!  
  
This really helped me out  
  
  
  
By the way, if I install the 3.1 SDK on my host computer, is it compatible with my pandaboard with 2.10 SDK?

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### Author: ![JoeDavis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.imgtec.com/joedavis/32/71_2.png) [@JoeDavis](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/JoeDavis)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2013, 7:37am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/pvrtune-on-pandaboard/1853/4 "2013-07-16T07:37:51Z")

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You would need to run a 3.1 SDK binary of PVRPerfServer on your pandaboard. When PVRTune is downloaded through our installer, it will also download PVRPerfServer for all of our supported OS’s.  
  
  
  
Assuming you’re running Linux with hard-float support, you’ll want to use the binary in the following directory of your SDK: _PVRTuneDeveloperPVRPerfServerLinux\_armv7hf_  
  
  
  
Thanks,  
  
Joe