title: Optimization: A tool like gprof for visual studio
body: <p>As a C# programmer, i'm in a transition from small projects to medium projects. I didn't need a profiler for my little projects before. But now I need a tool that help me improving the performance of my code. I used gprof many years ago, in C.</p>
  
  <p>Can someone give me a starting point, or recommend me a tool like gprof for VS2008? That is: A tool that counts how many times every function has been called, and how many time It's spended in every function. No matter if a had  to pay for it (under certains limits).</p>
  
  <p>Any other advice about how to locate portions of code that should be optimized will be great.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>