Microsoft DirectStorage API Is Available for PC
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umeng2002
Wow, GPU decompression isn't ready? What a joke, since the PS5 and Xbox had it since 2020.

ruthan
Better late and never, its al about how easy it would be for implementation.. if it needs already support on game basis is something problematic.

JOHN30011887
No wonder there is a windows 12 in the works, windows 11 was meant to have this, it was one of there selling points!
then it turned into a windows 11 and now 10 feature getting this and its still not even ready, im using and also dont mind windows 11, basically just a reskin of 10 and nothing more tbh

Horus-Anhur

uVSthem
Is GPU decompression going to work with the current video cards or will we all be needing to buy 4080s to take advantage of it?

IDSG89
PCIe 3.0 drives, and all DX12 compatible GPUs, will support DirectStorage. They did state that DirectX 12 Ultimate GPUs would offer the best experience, though.
During the DirectStorage presentation, in the chat, a Microsoft employee confirmed that 
andlun
There is some kind of downloadable package/SDK for this on Windows 11, anyone know how to actually making this work?
Even if there is no supported games as of now, I have heard it actually improves drive latency and speed consistency in unsupported titles as well.
Id love to test it out just to be able to tell ppl if id does or not, my computer is a total beta test platform from hell anyways, don't care if it dies =)
X570, 3900X, 2070S, WIN11 22000.556, MP600 1GB should be compatible to my research.
//Anders Lundberg

umeng2002
Yeah, it's good that there is progress. But it seems to be taking way too long, again, since MS's own console had it in 2020.

Kaleid
Yes, I expected a race by devs to implement it first. It seems to be quite popular in say PS5. It's good if people have a true reason to have those fast NVME SSDs too.

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Horus-Anhur

Alessio1989

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stereoman
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alanm
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umeng2002
That's good to here that load times are a lot better without the GPU decompression in place.