diff --git a/tests/hlsl-intrinsic/texture/partial-resident-texture-combined.slang b/tests/hlsl-intrinsic/texture/partial-resident-texture-combined.slang
index 018f220f2b6..2281118b751 100644
--- a/tests/hlsl-intrinsic/texture/partial-resident-texture-combined.slang
+++ b/tests/hlsl-intrinsic/texture/partial-resident-texture-combined.slang
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Sampler1DArray<float4> st1DArray_f32v4;
 //TEST_INPUT: TextureSampler2D(size=4, content = one, arrayLength=2):name st2DArray_f32v4
 Sampler2DArray<float4> st2DArray_f32v4;
 
-//TEST_INPUT: TextureSampler2D(size=4, content = one):name st2DMS_f32v4
+//TEST_INPUT: TextureSampler2D(size=4, content = one, sampleCount = two, mipMaps=1, format=RGBA32Float):name st2DMS_f32v4
  Sampler2DMS<float4> st2DMS_f32v4;
 
 //
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ typealias CombinedDepth2d_array = _Texture<
 >;
 
 
-//TEST_INPUT: TextureSampler2D(size=4, content = zero):name cd2D
+//TEST_INPUT: TextureSampler2D(size=4, content = zero, format=D32Float):name cd2D
 CombinedDepth2d<float> cd2D;
-//TEST_INPUT: TextureSampler2D(size=4, content = zero, arrayLength=2):name cd2DArray
+//TEST_INPUT: TextureSampler2D(size=4, content = zero, arrayLength=2, format=D32Float):name cd2DArray
 CombinedDepth2d_array<float> cd2DArray;
 
 uint getNotMapped()
diff --git a/tests/hlsl-intrinsic/texture/partial-resident-texture.slang b/tests/hlsl-intrinsic/texture/partial-resident-texture.slang
index edf67ddc114..2997463afb4 100644
--- a/tests/hlsl-intrinsic/texture/partial-resident-texture.slang
+++ b/tests/hlsl-intrinsic/texture/partial-resident-texture.slang
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Texture2DArray<float4> t2DArray_f32v4;
 //TEST_INPUT: TextureCube(size=4, content = one, arrayLength=2):name tCubeArray_f32v4
 TextureCubeArray<float4> tCubeArray_f32v4;
 
-//TEST_INPUT: Texture2D(size=4, content = one):name t2DMS_f32v4
+//TEST_INPUT: Texture2D(size=4, content = one, format=RGBA32Float, sampleCount=two):name t2DMS_f32v4
 Texture2DMS<float4> t2DMS_f32v4;
 
 //
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ typealias depthcube_array = _Texture<
     format
 >;
 
-//TEST_INPUT: Texture2D(size=4, content = zero):name d2D
+//TEST_INPUT: Texture2D(size=4, content = zero, format=D32Float):name d2D
 depth2d<float> d2D;
-//TEST_INPUT: Texture2D(size=4, content = zero, arrayLength=2):name d2DArray
+//TEST_INPUT: Texture2D(size=4, content = zero, arrayLength=2, format=D32Float):name d2DArray
 depth2d_array<float> d2DArray;
 
 uint getNotMapped()
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ bool TEST_load<T>(
     int3 iuvs = int3(iuv, sampleIndex);
 
     return true
+
         && (status = getNotMapped(), all(TN(T(1)) == t2DMS.Load(iuv, sampleIndex, offset, status))) && CheckAccessFullyMapped(status)
         && (status = getNotMapped(), all(TN(T(1)) == t2D.Load(iuvs, offset, status))) && CheckAccessFullyMapped(status)
             // SPIRV does not support sparse buffer loads.
diff --git a/tests/hlsl-intrinsic/texture/texture-intrinsics.slang b/tests/hlsl-intrinsic/texture/texture-intrinsics.slang
index 60b616a7f90..a848353a199 100644
--- a/tests/hlsl-intrinsic/texture/texture-intrinsics.slang
+++ b/tests/hlsl-intrinsic/texture/texture-intrinsics.slang
@@ -5,25 +5,34 @@
 //TEST(compute, vulkan):COMPARE_COMPUTE_EX(filecheck-buffer=VK):-vk -emit-spirv-directly -compute -shaderobj -output-using-type -render-feature hardware-device -xslang -DVK
 //DISABLE_TEST(compute):COMPARE_COMPUTE_EX:-cuda -compute -shaderobj -output-using-type
 
-//TEST_INPUT: Texture1D(size=4, content = one):name t1D
+//TEST_INPUT: Texture1D(size=4, format=D32Float, content = one):name t1D
 Texture1D<float> t1D;
-//TEST_INPUT: Texture2D(size=4, content = one):name t2D
+//TEST_INPUT: Texture2D(size=4, format=D32Float, content = one):name t2D
 Texture2D<float> t2D;
-//TEST_INPUT: Texture3D(size=4, content = one):name t3D
+//TEST_INPUT: Texture3D(size=4, format=D32Float, content = one):name t3D
 Texture3D<float> t3D;
-//TEST_INPUT: TextureCube(size=4, content = one):name tCube
+//TEST_INPUT: TextureCube(size=4, format=D32Float, content = one):name tCube
 TextureCube<float> tCube;
 
-//TEST_INPUT: Texture1D(size=4, content = one, arrayLength=2):name t1DArray
+//TEST_INPUT: Texture1D(size=4, format=D32Float, content = one, arrayLength=2):name t1DArray
 Texture1DArray<float> t1DArray;
-//TEST_INPUT: Texture2D(size=4, content = one, arrayLength=2):name t2DArray
+//TEST_INPUT: Texture2D(size=4, format=D32Float, content = one, arrayLength=2):name t2DArray
 Texture2DArray<float> t2DArray;
-//TEST_INPUT: TextureCube(size=4, content = one, arrayLength=2):name tCubeArray
+//TEST_INPUT: TextureCube(size=4, format=D32Float, content = one, arrayLength=2):name tCubeArray
 TextureCubeArray<float> tCubeArray;
 
+//TEST_INPUT: Texture2D(size=4, content = one):name t2D_RGBA
+Texture2D<float> t2D_RGBA;
+//TEST_INPUT: Texture2D(size=4, content = one, arrayLength=2):name t2DArray_RGBA
+Texture2DArray<float> t2DArray_RGBA;
+//TEST_INPUT: TextureCube(size=4, content = one):name tCube_RGBA
+TextureCube<float> tCube_RGBA;
+//TEST_INPUT: TextureCube(size=4, content = one, arrayLength=2):name tCubeArray_RGBA
+TextureCubeArray<float> tCubeArray_RGBA;
+
 //TEST_INPUT: Sampler:name samplerState
 SamplerState samplerState;
-//TEST_INPUT: Sampler:name shadowSampler
+//TEST_INPUT: Sampler(depthCompare):name shadowSampler
 SamplerComparisonState shadowSampler;
 
 
@@ -83,6 +92,7 @@ void computeMain(int3 dispatchThreadID: SV_DispatchThreadID)
         float Object.SampleCmpLevelZero()
     */
     // NOTE: These are having issues with vulkan (glsl)
+    // SampleCmpLevelZero() requires format with VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_SAMPLED_IMAGE_DEPTH_COMPARISON_BIT.
     val += t1D.SampleCmpLevelZero(shadowSampler, u, 0);
     val += t2D.SampleCmpLevelZero(shadowSampler, float2(u, u), 0);
     val += t1DArray.SampleCmpLevelZero(shadowSampler, float2(u, u), 0);
@@ -96,7 +106,8 @@ void computeMain(int3 dispatchThreadID: SV_DispatchThreadID)
     // TextureCube does not have an offset version of this
 
     // Status variant
-#if !defined(VK)
+    #if !defined(VK)
+
     val += t1D.SampleCmpLevelZero(shadowSampler, u, 0, 0, status);
     val += t2D.SampleCmpLevelZero(shadowSampler, float2(u, u), 0, int2(0, 0), status);
 
@@ -268,44 +279,44 @@ void computeMain(int3 dispatchThreadID: SV_DispatchThreadID)
     /*
         <Template Type>4 Object.Gather()
     */
-    float4 f4 = t2D.Gather(samplerState, float2(u, u));
+    float4 f4 = t2D_RGBA.Gather(samplerState, float2(u, u));
     val += f4.x;  val += f4.y;  val += f4.z;  val += f4.w;
 
-    f4 = tCube.Gather(samplerState, normalize(float3(u, 1 - u, u)));
+    f4 = tCube_RGBA.Gather(samplerState, normalize(float3(u, 1 - u, u)));
     val += f4.x;  val += f4.y;  val += f4.z;  val += f4.w;
 
-    f4 = t2DArray.Gather(samplerState, float3(u, u, 0));
+    f4 = t2DArray_RGBA.Gather(samplerState, float3(u, u, 0));
     val += f4.x;  val += f4.y;  val += f4.z;  val += f4.w;
 
-    f4 = tCubeArray.Gather(samplerState, float4(normalize(float3(u, 1 - u, u)), 0));
+    f4 = tCubeArray_RGBA.Gather(samplerState, float4(normalize(float3(u, 1 - u, u)), 0));
     val += f4.x;  val += f4.y;  val += f4.z;  val += f4.w;
 
     // Offset variant
-    f4 = t2D.Gather(samplerState, float2(u, u), int2(0, 0));
+    f4 = t2D_RGBA.Gather(samplerState, float2(u, u), int2(0, 0));
     val += f4.x;  val += f4.y;  val += f4.z;  val += f4.w;
 
-    f4 = t2DArray.Gather(samplerState, float3(u, u, 0), int2(0, 0));
+    f4 = t2DArray_RGBA.Gather(samplerState, float3(u, u, 0), int2(0, 0));
     val += f4.x;  val += f4.y;  val += f4.z;  val += f4.w;
 
     // Object.GatherGreen()
-    f4 = t2D.GatherGreen(samplerState, float2(u, u), int2(1, 2));
+    f4 = t2D_RGBA.GatherGreen(samplerState, float2(u, u), int2(1, 2));
     val += f4.x;  val += f4.y;  val += f4.z;  val += f4.w;
 
-    f4 = t2D.GatherGreen(samplerState, float2(u, u), int2(1, 2), int2(3, 4), int2(5, 6), int2(7, 8));
+    f4 = t2D_RGBA.GatherGreen(samplerState, float2(u, u), int2(1, 2), int2(3, 4), int2(5, 6), int2(7, 8));
     val += f4.x;  val += f4.y;  val += f4.z;  val += f4.w;
 
-    f4 = tCubeArray.GatherGreen(samplerState, float4(1.5, 1.5, 1.5, 1.5));
+    f4 = tCubeArray_RGBA.GatherGreen(samplerState, float4(1.5, 1.5, 1.5, 1.5));
     val += f4.x;  val += f4.y;  val += f4.z;  val += f4.w;
 
     // status variant
 #if !defined(VK)
-    f4 = t2D.GatherGreen(samplerState, float2(u, u), int2(1, 2), status);
+    f4 = t2D_RGBA.GatherGreen(samplerState, float2(u, u), int2(1, 2), status);
     val += f4.x;  val += f4.y;  val += f4.z;  val += f4.w;
 
-    f4 = t2D.GatherGreen(samplerState, float2(u, u), int2(1, 2), int2(3, 4), int2(5, 6), int2(7, 8), status);
+    f4 = t2D_RGBA.GatherGreen(samplerState, float2(u, u), int2(1, 2), int2(3, 4), int2(5, 6), int2(7, 8), status);
     val += f4.x;  val += f4.y;  val += f4.z;  val += f4.w;
 
-    f4 = tCubeArray.GatherGreen(samplerState, float4(1.5, 1.5, 1.5, 1.5), status);
+    f4 = tCubeArray_RGBA.GatherGreen(samplerState, float4(1.5, 1.5, 1.5, 1.5), status);
     val += f4.x;  val += f4.y;  val += f4.z;  val += f4.w;
 #endif
 
@@ -331,6 +342,7 @@ void computeMain(int3 dispatchThreadID: SV_DispatchThreadID)
         <Template Type> Object.SampleGrad()
     */
     float _ddx = 0.0f, _ddy = 0.0f;
+
     val += t1D.SampleGrad(samplerState, 0.0f, _ddx, _ddy);
     val += t2D.SampleGrad(samplerState, float2(u, u), float2(_ddx, _ddx), float2(_ddy, _ddy));
     val += t3D.SampleGrad(samplerState, float3(u, u, u), float3(_ddx, _ddx, _ddx), float3(_ddy, _ddy, _ddy));
diff --git a/tests/metal/texture.slang b/tests/metal/texture.slang
index 174717da4d0..70cd1b26667 100644
--- a/tests/metal/texture.slang
+++ b/tests/metal/texture.slang
@@ -56,36 +56,36 @@ Texture2DArray<half4> t2DArray_f16;
 //TEST_INPUT: TextureCube(size=4, content = zero, arrayLength=2):name tCubeArray_f16
 TextureCubeArray<half4> tCubeArray_f16;
 
-//TEST_INPUT: Texture1D(size=4, content = zero):name t1D_i32
+//TEST_INPUT: Texture1D(size=4, format=RGBA8Sint, content = zero):name t1D_i32
 Texture1D<int4> t1D_i32;
-//TEST_INPUT: Texture2D(size=4, content = zero):name t2D_i32
+//TEST_INPUT: Texture2D(size=4, format=RGBA8Sint, content = zero):name t2D_i32
 Texture2D<int4> t2D_i32;
-//TEST_INPUT: Texture3D(size=4, content = zero):name t3D_i32
+//TEST_INPUT: Texture3D(size=4, format=RGBA8Sint, content = zero):name t3D_i32
 Texture3D<int4> t3D_i32;
-//TEST_INPUT: TextureCube(size=4, content = zero):name tCube_i32
+//TEST_INPUT: TextureCube(size=4, format=RGBA8Sint, content = zero):name tCube_i32
 TextureCube<int4> tCube_i32;
 
-//TEST_INPUT: Texture1D(size=4, content = zero, arrayLength=2):name t1DArray_i32
+//TEST_INPUT: Texture1D(size=4, format=RGBA8Sint, content = zero, arrayLength=2):name t1DArray_i32
 Texture1DArray<int4> t1DArray_i32;
-//TEST_INPUT: Texture2D(size=4, content = zero, arrayLength=2):name t2DArray_i32
+//TEST_INPUT: Texture2D(size=4, format=RGBA8Sint, content = zero, arrayLength=2):name t2DArray_i32
 Texture2DArray<int4> t2DArray_i32;
-//TEST_INPUT: TextureCube(size=4, content = zero, arrayLength=2):name tCubeArray_i32
+//TEST_INPUT: TextureCube(size=4, format=RGBA8Sint, content = zero, arrayLength=2):name tCubeArray_i32
 TextureCubeArray<int4> tCubeArray_i32;
 
-//TEST_INPUT: Texture1D(size=4, content = zero):name t1D_u32
+//TEST_INPUT: Texture1D(size=4, format=RGBA8Uint, content = zero):name t1D_u32
 Texture1D<uint4> t1D_u32;
-//TEST_INPUT: Texture2D(size=4, content = zero):name t2D_u32
+//TEST_INPUT: Texture2D(size=4, format=RGBA8Uint, content = zero):name t2D_u32
 Texture2D<uint4> t2D_u32;
-//TEST_INPUT: Texture3D(size=4, content = zero):name t3D_u32
+//TEST_INPUT: Texture3D(size=4, format=RGBA8Uint, content = zero):name t3D_u32
 Texture3D<uint4> t3D_u32;
-//TEST_INPUT: TextureCube(size=4, content = zero):name tCube_u32
+//TEST_INPUT: TextureCube(size=4, format=RGBA8Uint, content = zero):name tCube_u32
 TextureCube<uint4> tCube_u32;
 
-//TEST_INPUT: Texture1D(size=4, content = zero, arrayLength=2):name t1DArray_u32
+//TEST_INPUT: Texture1D(size=4, format=RGBA8Uint, content = zero, arrayLength=2):name t1DArray_u32
 Texture1DArray<uint4> t1DArray_u32;
-//TEST_INPUT: Texture2D(size=4, content = zero, arrayLength=2):name t2DArray_u32
+//TEST_INPUT: Texture2D(size=4, format=RGBA8Uint, content = zero, arrayLength=2):name t2DArray_u32
 Texture2DArray<uint4> t2DArray_u32;
-//TEST_INPUT: TextureCube(size=4, content = zero, arrayLength=2):name tCubeArray_u32
+//TEST_INPUT: TextureCube(size=4, format=RGBA8Uint, content = zero, arrayLength=2):name tCubeArray_u32
 TextureCubeArray<uint4> tCubeArray_u32;
 
 //TEST_INPUT: Texture1D(size=4, content = zero):name t1D_i16
@@ -173,18 +173,18 @@ typealias depthcube_array = _Texture<
     format
 >;
 
-//TEST_INPUT: Texture2D(size=4, content = zero):name d2D
+//TEST_INPUT: Texture2D(size=4, format=D32Float, content = zero):name d2D
 depth2d<float> d2D;
-//TEST_INPUT: TextureCube(size=4, content = zero):name dCube
+//TEST_INPUT: TextureCube(size=4, format=D32Float, content = zero):name dCube
 depthcube<float> dCube;
-//TEST_INPUT: Texture2D(size=4, content = zero, arrayLength=2):name d2DArray
+//TEST_INPUT: Texture2D(size=4, format=D32Float, content = zero, arrayLength=2):name d2DArray
 depth2d_array<float> d2DArray;
-//TEST_INPUT: TextureCube(size=4, content = zero, arrayLength=2):name dCubeArray
+//TEST_INPUT: TextureCube(size=4, format=D32Float, content = zero, arrayLength=2):name dCubeArray
 depthcube_array<float> dCubeArray;
 
-//TEST_INPUT: Sampler:name samplerState
+//TEST_INPUT: Sampler(filteringMode=point):name samplerState
 SamplerState samplerState;
-//TEST_INPUT: Sampler:name shadowSampler
+//TEST_INPUT: Sampler(depthCompare):name shadowSampler
 SamplerComparisonState shadowSampler;
 
 
diff --git a/tools/gfx/vulkan/vk-device.cpp b/tools/gfx/vulkan/vk-device.cpp
index d056e398491..a94d4f49267 100644
--- a/tools/gfx/vulkan/vk-device.cpp
+++ b/tools/gfx/vulkan/vk-device.cpp
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ Result DeviceImpl::initVulkanInstanceAndDevice(
         SIMPLE_EXTENSION_FEATURE(
             extendedFeatures.computeShaderDerivativeFeatures,
             computeDerivativeGroupLinear,
-            VK_NV_COMPUTE_SHADER_DERIVATIVES_EXTENSION_NAME,
+            VK_KHR_COMPUTE_SHADER_DERIVATIVES_EXTENSION_NAME,
             "computeDerivativeGroupLinear");
 
         // Only enable raytracing validation if both requested and supported
diff --git a/tools/render-test/shader-input-layout.cpp b/tools/render-test/shader-input-layout.cpp
index ab9ed3c7b32..bb213cdaa71 100644
--- a/tools/render-test/shader-input-layout.cpp
+++ b/tools/render-test/shader-input-layout.cpp
@@ -171,6 +171,19 @@ struct ShaderInputLayoutParser
         {
             val->samplerDesc.isCompareSampler = true;
         }
+        else if (word == "filteringMode")
+        {
+            parser.Read("=");
+            auto contentWord = parser.ReadWord();
+            if (contentWord == "point")
+            {
+                val->samplerDesc.filteringMode = TextureFilteringMode::Point;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                val->samplerDesc.filteringMode = TextureFilteringMode::Linear;
+            }
+        }
         else
         {
             return SLANG_FAIL;
@@ -643,14 +656,15 @@ struct ShaderInputLayoutParser
 
         default:
             throw ShaderInputLayoutFormatException(
-                String("Unexpected '") + parser.NextToken().Content + String("' at line") +
+                String("Unexpected '") + parser.NextToken().Content + String("' at line ") +
                 String(parser.NextToken().Position.Line));
         }
     }
 
     RefPtr<ShaderInputLayout::Val> parseVal(Misc::TokenReader& parser)
     {
-        auto word = parser.NextToken().Content;
+        auto nextToken = parser.NextToken();
+        auto word = nextToken.Content;
         if (parser.AdvanceIf("begin_array"))
         {
             RefPtr<ShaderInputLayout::ArrayVal> val = new ShaderInputLayout::ArrayVal;
@@ -820,8 +834,8 @@ struct ShaderInputLayoutParser
         else
         {
             throw ShaderInputLayoutFormatException(
-                String("Unknown shader input type '") + word + String("' at line") +
-                String(parser.NextToken().Position.Line));
+                String("Unknown shader input type '") + word + String("' at line: ") +
+                String(nextToken.Position.Line));
         }
         parser.ReadToken();
         return nullptr;
@@ -997,8 +1011,10 @@ struct ShaderInputLayoutParser
         parentVal = rootVal;
 
         auto lines = Misc::Split(source, '\n');
+        int lineNum = 0;
         for (auto& line : lines)
         {
+            lineNum++;
             if (line.startsWith("//TEST_INPUT:"))
             {
                 auto lineContent = line.subString(13, line.getLength() - 13);
@@ -1010,7 +1026,7 @@ struct ShaderInputLayoutParser
                 catch (const Misc::TextFormatException&)
                 {
                     StringBuilder msg;
-                    msg << "Invalid input syntax at line " << parser.NextToken().Position.Line;
+                    msg << "Invalid input syntax at line " << lineNum << ": " << line;
                     throw ShaderInputLayoutFormatException(msg);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/tools/render-test/shader-input-layout.h b/tools/render-test/shader-input-layout.h
index e0a2be886d2..b5ee9956621 100644
--- a/tools/render-test/shader-input-layout.h
+++ b/tools/render-test/shader-input-layout.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ struct InputBufferDesc
 struct InputSamplerDesc
 {
     bool isCompareSampler = false;
+    TextureFilteringMode filteringMode = TextureFilteringMode::Linear;
 };
 
 struct TextureData
@@ -109,7 +110,8 @@ struct TextureData
     }
     void* addSlice(size_t elemCount)
     {
-        void* dst = ::malloc(m_formatSize * elemCount);
+        const size_t totalSize = m_formatSize * elemCount;
+        void* dst = ::malloc(totalSize);
         m_slices.add(Slice::make(dst, elemCount));
         return dst;
     }
@@ -153,9 +155,9 @@ struct TextureData
     uint8_t m_formatSize = 0;
 
     Slang::List<Slice> m_slices;
-    int m_textureSize;
-    int m_mipLevels;
-    int m_arraySize;
+    int m_textureSize = 0;
+    int m_mipLevels = 1;
+    int m_arraySize = 1;
 };
 
 class ShaderInputLayout
diff --git a/tools/render-test/shader-renderer-util.cpp b/tools/render-test/shader-renderer-util.cpp
index 5046a1b1014..3ac62f37a02 100644
--- a/tools/render-test/shader-renderer-util.cpp
+++ b/tools/render-test/shader-renderer-util.cpp
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ inline int calcNumMipLevels(TextureType type, Extent3D size)
     const FormatInfo& formatInfo = getFormatInfo(format);
 
     bool isArray = inputDesc.arrayLength > 1;
+    bool isMS = inputDesc.sampleCount > 1;
 
     textureDesc.sampleCount = inputDesc.sampleCount;
     textureDesc.format = format;
@@ -113,9 +114,13 @@ inline int calcNumMipLevels(TextureType type, Extent3D size)
     case 2:
         {
             textureDesc.type =
-                isArray ? (inputDesc.isCube ? TextureType::TextureCubeArray
-                                            : TextureType::Texture2DArray)
-                        : (inputDesc.isCube ? TextureType::TextureCube : TextureType::Texture2D);
+                isArray
+                    ? (inputDesc.isCube
+                           ? TextureType::TextureCubeArray
+                           : (isMS ? TextureType::Texture2DMSArray : TextureType::Texture2DArray))
+                    : (inputDesc.isCube
+                           ? TextureType::TextureCube
+                           : (isMS ? TextureType::Texture2DMS : TextureType::Texture2D));
             textureDesc.size.width = inputDesc.size;
             textureDesc.size.height = inputDesc.size;
             textureDesc.size.depth = 1;
@@ -137,9 +142,9 @@ inline int calcNumMipLevels(TextureType type, Extent3D size)
     }
 
     // Metal doesn't support mip maps for 1D textures.
-    if (device->getDeviceType() == DeviceType::Metal &&
-        (textureDesc.type == TextureType::Texture1D ||
-         textureDesc.type == TextureType::Texture1DArray))
+    if ((isMS) || (device->getDeviceType() == DeviceType::Metal &&
+                   (textureDesc.type == TextureType::Texture1D ||
+                    textureDesc.type == TextureType::Texture1DArray)))
     {
         textureDesc.mipCount = 1;
     }
@@ -167,7 +172,16 @@ inline int calcNumMipLevels(TextureType type, Extent3D size)
         }
     }
 
-    textureOut = device->createTexture(textureDesc, initSubresources.getBuffer());
+    if (isMS)
+    {
+        textureDesc.usage |= TextureUsage::RenderTarget;
+        textureOut = device->createTexture(textureDesc);
+        clearTexture(textureOut.get(), inputDesc.content, device);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        textureOut = device->createTexture(textureDesc, initSubresources.getBuffer());
+    }
 
     return textureOut ? SLANG_OK : SLANG_FAIL;
 }
@@ -177,7 +191,7 @@ inline int calcNumMipLevels(TextureType type, Extent3D size)
     size_t bufferSize,
     const void* initData,
     IDevice* device,
-    Slang::ComPtr<IBuffer>& bufferOut)
+    ComPtr<IBuffer>& bufferOut)
 {
     BufferDesc bufferDesc;
     bufferDesc.size = bufferSize;
@@ -197,6 +211,131 @@ inline int calcNumMipLevels(TextureType type, Extent3D size)
     return SLANG_OK;
 }
 
+/* static */ Result ShaderRendererUtil::clearTexture(
+    ITexture* texture,
+    InputTextureContent content,
+    IDevice* device)
+{
+    SLANG_ASSERT(texture);
+    ComPtr<ICommandQueue> queue;
+    SLANG_RETURN_ON_FAIL(device->getQueue(QueueType::Graphics, queue.writeRef()));
+
+    ComPtr<ICommandEncoder> commandEncoder;
+    SLANG_RETURN_ON_FAIL(queue->createCommandEncoder(commandEncoder.writeRef()));
+
+    TextureDesc desc = texture->getDesc();
+    SubresourceRange range;
+    range.layer = 0;
+    range.layerCount = texture->getDesc().arrayLength;
+    range.mip = 0;
+    range.mipCount = texture->getDesc().mipCount;
+
+    FormatInfo formatInfo = getFormatInfo(desc.format);
+    switch (formatInfo.kind)
+    {
+    case FormatKind::Float:
+        {
+            float clearValue[4] = {0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f};
+            switch (content)
+            {
+            case InputTextureContent::Zero:
+                // clearValue is already all zeros
+                break;
+            case InputTextureContent::One:
+                clearValue[0] = clearValue[1] = clearValue[2] = clearValue[3] = 1.0f;
+                break;
+            case InputTextureContent::ChessBoard:
+            case InputTextureContent::Gradient:
+                // For chessboard or gradient, we can't use a single clear value
+                // Instead, we should use a compute shader or multiple draw calls
+                SLANG_ASSERT(!"ChessBoard or Gradient content type is not supported for "
+                              "multisampled textures - requires compute shader implementation");
+                return SLANG_FAIL;
+            }
+            commandEncoder->clearTextureFloat(texture, range, clearValue);
+            break;
+        }
+    case FormatKind::Integer:
+        {
+            uint32_t clearValue[4] = {0U, 0U, 0U, 0U};
+            switch (content)
+            {
+            case InputTextureContent::Zero:
+                // clearValue is already all zeros
+                break;
+            case InputTextureContent::One:
+                clearValue[0] = clearValue[1] = clearValue[2] = clearValue[3] = 1U;
+                break;
+            case InputTextureContent::ChessBoard:
+            case InputTextureContent::Gradient:
+                // For chessboard or gradient, we can't use a single clear value
+                // Instead, we should use a compute shader or multiple draw calls
+                SLANG_ASSERT(!"ChessBoard or Gradient content type is not supported for "
+                              "multisampled textures - requires compute shader implementation");
+                return SLANG_FAIL;
+            }
+            commandEncoder->clearTextureUint(texture, range, clearValue);
+            break;
+        }
+    case FormatKind::Normalized:
+        {
+            int32_t clearValue[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0};
+            switch (content)
+            {
+            case InputTextureContent::Zero:
+                // clearValue is already all zeros
+                break;
+            case InputTextureContent::One:
+                clearValue[0] = clearValue[1] = clearValue[2] = clearValue[3] = 1;
+                break;
+            case InputTextureContent::ChessBoard:
+            case InputTextureContent::Gradient:
+                // For chessboard or gradient, we can't use a single clear value
+                // Instead, we should use a compute shader or multiple draw calls
+                SLANG_ASSERT(!"ChessBoard or Gradient content type is not supported for "
+                              "multisampled textures - requires compute shader implementation");
+                return SLANG_FAIL;
+            }
+            commandEncoder->clearTextureSint(texture, range, clearValue);
+            break;
+        }
+    case FormatKind::DepthStencil:
+        {
+            float depthValue = 0.f;
+            uint8_t stencilValue = 0U;
+            switch (content)
+            {
+            case InputTextureContent::Zero:
+                // clearValue is already all zeros
+                break;
+            case InputTextureContent::One:
+                depthValue = 1;
+                stencilValue = 1U;
+                break;
+            case InputTextureContent::ChessBoard:
+            case InputTextureContent::Gradient:
+                // For chessboard or gradient, we can't use a single clear value
+                // Instead, we should use a compute shader or multiple draw calls
+                SLANG_ASSERT(!"ChessBoard or Gradient content type is not supported for "
+                              "multisampled textures - requires compute shader implementation");
+                return SLANG_FAIL;
+            }
+            commandEncoder
+                ->clearTextureDepthStencil(texture, range, true, depthValue, true, stencilValue);
+            break;
+        }
+    default:
+        {
+            SLANG_ASSERT(!"Unsupported FormatKind type");
+            return SLANG_FAIL;
+        }
+    }
+
+    SLANG_RETURN_ON_FAIL(queue->submit(commandEncoder->finish()));
+
+    return SLANG_OK;
+}
+
 static SamplerDesc _calcSamplerDesc(const InputSamplerDesc& srcDesc)
 {
     SamplerDesc samplerDesc;
@@ -205,6 +344,9 @@ static SamplerDesc _calcSamplerDesc(const InputSamplerDesc& srcDesc)
         samplerDesc.reductionOp = TextureReductionOp::Comparison;
         samplerDesc.comparisonFunc = ComparisonFunc::Less;
     }
+    samplerDesc.minFilter = srcDesc.filteringMode;
+    samplerDesc.magFilter = srcDesc.filteringMode;
+    samplerDesc.mipFilter = srcDesc.filteringMode;
     return samplerDesc;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/render-test/shader-renderer-util.h b/tools/render-test/shader-renderer-util.h
index bf056998839..257b4103918 100644
--- a/tools/render-test/shader-renderer-util.h
+++ b/tools/render-test/shader-renderer-util.h
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ struct ShaderRendererUtil
         const void* initData,
         IDevice* device,
         ComPtr<IBuffer>& bufferOut);
+
+    /// Clear a texture with the specified content
+    static Slang::Result clearTexture(
+        ITexture* texture,
+        InputTextureContent content,
+        IDevice* device);
 };
 
 } // namespace renderer_test