Is your CPU struggling when gaming? Microsoft DirectStorage could come to the rescue
Microsoft’s DirectStorage tech has had its first outing on PC courtesy of Forspoken, and according to some new testing, the feature boosts not just loading…
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Tested: Microsoft’s DirectStorage tech signals the sunset of SATA SSDs
After a long build up, Microsoft’s much-awaited DirectStorage technology has finally arrived on PCs, promising blink-and-you’ll-miss-it loading…
No, Microsoft DirectStorage isn’t slashing RTX 4090 performance by 10 percent
You may have seen headlines like “DirectStorage causes 10 percent performance hit on RTX 4090 in Forspoken” or “Careful — Microsoft DirectStorage could kill…
Microsoft DirectStorage slashes the RTX 4090’s speed by 10%
Microsoft’s long-awaited (perhaps-revolutionary) DirectStorage technology finally arrived on the PC this week in Forspoken. Initial testing reports…
Microsoft’s DirectStorage tech arrives on PC with perplexing, encouraging results
We’ve been waiting for Microsoft’s DirectStorage—the backbone of the Xbox Series X’s ultra-fast storage technology—to come to Windows for years now.…
How DirectStorage 1.1 could make Windows 11 an essential upgrade for PC gamers
Microsoft’s DirectStorage 1.1, a feature which uses the GPU to speed loading times, has just been tested with comparisons drawn between AMD, Intel and…
Microsoft DirectStorage 1.1 with GPU Decompression: How does the feature improve game load times? |…
Microsoft's DirectStorage 1.1 is releasing this week and is expected to reduce game load times significantly. DirectStorage came out earlier this year to…
Microsoft’s DirectStorage 1.1 arrives to boost PC game load times with GPU decompression
Microsoft is releasing DirectStorage 1.1 this week, and the biggest new addition is GPU decompression for Windows PC games. GPU decompression is the next…
Microsoft’s DirectStorage can cut game loading times by 200%
Microsoft’s DirectStorage 1.1 update is here, and it’s definitely one that gamers won’t want to miss.
With the new version of the API, Microsoft…
New DirectStorage 1.1 will tap GPU to speed up games even more
Microsoft said recently that it plans to release DirectStorage 1.1 by the end of 2022, improving scene loading times by a factor of three and dramatically…