Microsoft's DirectStorage is based on development done for the "Velocity Architecture" in the Xbox Series family of consoles. The intention is to drastically improve performance under a "sustained ...

How good is Microsoft’s DirectStorage at reducing PC game load times? For one game, the technology cut load times to around 2 seconds or less. At the Game Developers Conference on Wednesday, the ...

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Microsoft has just introduced GPU decompression to its new DirectStorage API, bringing it to version 1.1. GPU decompression can provide huge performance gains in gaming — Microsoft promises up to a ...

Update: PC Games Hardware incorrectly used the third-party tool CapFrameX to measure its results, including metrics captured during the longer (and higher-performing) black loading screens for the ...

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Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. A surprise addition to Microsoft’s DirectStorage API will speed up slower hard drives. We still need to see ...

Soon, games on Windows PCs, especially Windows 11, will load much faster if the machine is configured with the right storage and graphics hardware, thanks to Microsoft's DirectStorage. Microsoft has ...

Microsoft said Monday that it is finally making its DirectStorage API available to game developers, promising to bring one of the best features of the Xbox Series X game console, Quick Resume, to the ...

It's been so long since Microsoft last talked about its plans to bring DirectStorage to Windows 10 and Windows 11 that you'd be forgiven for forgetting about it. However, the company has surprised ...