The Diablo 4 team confirms DirectStorage isn't working in the game 'but we are planning on enabling it in the future' By Dave James published 23 June 23 News Microsoft's funky SSD tech should be landing in Diablo 4 at some point.
Turns out Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart CAN run on a hard drive... thanks to DirectStorage 1.2 on PC By Jorge Jimenez published 14 July 23 News This becomes the first DirectStorage 1.2 game with GPU decompression support.
Forspoken DirectStorage on test: Contrary to reports, there's no GPU performance hit on an RTX 4090 By Dave James published 27 January 23 SuperSSD But weirdly, you will see higher fps on a hard drive if you're willing to wait
I'm enjoying the surface level absurdity of Microsoft updating DirectStorage 1.2 for the benefit of ye olde hard drives By Dave James published 21 April 23 news Though it could be the feature which encourages more developers to implement DirectStorage in their games.
Sabrent's new NVMe SSD raises plenty of questions about DirectStorage By Alan Dexter published 2 August 22 News Could this be the vanguard of a whole slew of SSDs designed for Microsoft's API, or just a bit of overzealous marketing?
The latest version of DirectStorage can load avocados 3x faster than ever before By Jacob Ridley published 14 October 22 News Avocados or game assets, in fact.
Thanks to DirectStorage, Forspoken loads in only one second By Alan Dexter published 24 March 22 News Long load times could soon be a thing of the past.
Many existing PCIe 4.0 SSDs should work okay with DirectStorage says Phison By Alan Dexter published 17 August 22 News Reassuring news for anyone that has bought a compatible PCIe 4.0 SSD.
Microsoft introduces its DirectStorage API which promises to reinvent game storage By Chris Szewczyk published 15 March 22 News Bigger, better and faster.
AMD SmartAccess Storage is built to rival Nvidia's own DirectStorage-based technology, RTX IO By Dave James published 23 May 22 news SmartAccess Storage promises "to get you out of the load screen and into your gameplay faster than ever."
Microsoft's released a quick check to see whether your PC is ready for DirectStorage and next-gen gaming By Dave James published 23 June 22 news Microsoft's DirectStorage could be a literal game-changer when it launches, offering one second load times and expansive, seamless open worlds.
DirectStorage won't be supported in Windows 10 By Dave James published 25 June 21 News Microsoft says DirectStorage will be an exclusive feature that "will only be available with Windows 11."
In addition to fast load times, Microsoft's DirectStorage can free up your CPU while gaming By Tyler Colp published 29 March 22 news DirectStorage will make your games load fast and run better too.
The Forspoken delay also means we probably won't get to test Microsoft's super-fast DirectStorage tech this year By Jorge Jimenez published 6 July 22 News What happens to DirectStorage now its poster child has been delayed until next year?
Microsoft DirectStorage will work with PCIe 3.0 SSDs By Alan Dexter published 21 April 21 News You'll get a better experience with a PCIe 4.0 drive though.
How to watch the Starfield Direct By Tyler Wilde published 11 June 23 📺 Bethesda is dedicating its 2023 summer showcase to Starfield with a showcase airing right after the Xbox event on Sunday.
WD's tiny 2TB SSD looks like the drive to buy for a handheld PC storage upgrade By Jacob Ridley published 12 September 23 News 2TB of TLC NAND for $220.
This JRPG with the Persona devs backing it was the coolest Nintendo Direct announcement that could actually come to PC By Katie Wickens published 15 September 23 news They're calling Unicorn Overlord the "rebirth of tactical fantasy RPGs."
Behold, the 61.44 TB ruler drive capable of forming petabytes of storage in a single server By Jacob Ridley published 26 July 23 News Only problem is you can't really stick one inside your PC.
These 2TB SSD Prime Day deals are a whole lot of storage for a lil chunk of change By Sean Martin published 12 July 23 Deal Get our favorite 2TB SSD for under $100.
