> Eclipse in particular has superior code indexing/navigation capabilities.
Not when compared with the enterprise and ultimate versions.
Or with the changes done in VS 2015, improved in the upcoming VS 2017 for incremental building and database storage of symbols.
> Both QT and GTK have GUI builders.
Miles behind of what Blend + XAML allow for.
> NVidia provides a plugin to debug and profile GPU code.
How well does it work with Intel and AMD cards?
> What Microsoft compiler doesn't provide in my experience is decent codegen.
On Windows, among commercial compilers, only ICC generates better code.
Not when compared with the enterprise and ultimate versions. Or with the changes done in VS 2015, improved in the upcoming VS 2017 for incremental building and database storage of symbols.
> Both QT and GTK have GUI builders.
Miles behind of what Blend + XAML allow for.
> NVidia provides a plugin to debug and profile GPU code.
How well does it work with Intel and AMD cards?
> What Microsoft compiler doesn't provide in my experience is decent codegen.
On Windows, among commercial compilers, only ICC generates better code.