We need more DirectStorage games and tests, but some early benchmarks have generated inaccurate headlines. We need more DirectStorage games and tests, but some early benchmarks have generated ...

TL;DR: Microsoft's DirectStorage technology accelerates game loading by allowing the GPU to handle file access and decompression, designed for NVMe SSDs with PCIe Gen4 speeds. Despite limited game ...

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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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 ...