Faster loading Direct storage tech based on XSX comes to PC.

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It was announced last year that Microsoft will enable a technology called DirectStorage on Windows 10 systems, ie on the PC platform, which is developed for faster loading of games on Xbox Series X and S consoles. It is a technology that solves the problem of obsolescence and limitations of program interfaces in executing a large number of requests to load data into memory.

In other words, DirectStorage technology solves the invisible problem we've had for years - that game loading hasn't accelerated significantly, although data transfer speeds from SSDs have skyrocketed in recent years. No matter what kind of rabid PC you have, games due to the limitations of the programming interface could not use the full potential of the disk, no matter how fast it was.

That should change in the future and DirectStorage should become supported in the next major update of Windows 10. Microsoft has now revealed what hardware will be needed to reap the benefits of that technology.

Logically, you will need an NVMe SSD - nothing without it because the classic SATA interface SSDs will not get any benefits or improvements. But the good news is that you won’t need NVMe drives that use the PCIe 4.0 interface - as on XSX / S and PS5 consoles. The previous generation NVMe SSDs, ie PCIe 3.0, will also be supported.

As for graphics cards, we have good news here too. DirectStorage will be able to be used by all cardholders that support DirectX 12, which means the oldest GTX 600 series or Radeon HD 7000 series.

In theory, all games made exclusively for the DirectX 12 API will be able to take advantage of DirectStorage and speed up downloads. It could also help them in performance because DirectStorage also releases a processor, so if you have a mid-range processor - it will be easier to "breathe" in games.


Hmm
 
Old news, this was announced as coming to PC when it was announced for Xbox, over a year ago.
 
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As long as my storage is nvme m.2, direct storage should work on windows 11?
 
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Very interesting Ryzen 3600 with DirectStorage and same NVME drive is still slower than the PS5. The I/O throughput must also be helping the PS5 to be able to match almost the fastest CPU out now and a very fast NVME drive. Not bad.


 
Very interesting Ryzen 3600 with DirectStorage and same NVME drive is still slower than the PS5. The I/O throughput must also be helping the PS5 to be able to match almost the fastest CPU out now and a very fast NVME drive. Not bad.


That and a console probably doesn’t do as much work as a PC…I’m no tech guy so don’t quote me 😆