Microsoft DirectStorage is a technology designed to improve the data streaming capabilities of storage devices, particularly for gaming applications. It aims to reduce load times and enhance the ...

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 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 ...

Put down your pitchforks, fellow gaming geeks. Windows DirectStorage—the next-gen storage technology that powers the Xbox Series X’s blazing Velocity Storage system—will be coming to Windows 10 as ...

With Microsoft DirectStorage, Game Load Times Dip to 2 Seconds or Less Upcoming PC title Forspoken is incorporating Microsoft's game-boosting DirectStorage API, and we got a glimpse of what it can do ...

One of the best features of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S has arrived on PC and will eventually pay dividends to owners of fast storage devices. Microsoft's DirectStorage API, announced in ...

Microsoft revealed the Xbox Velocity Architecture last July, showing off some background work and ideas that had gone into the Xbox Series X/S, to bring true next gen gaming to the masses. Some of the ...

Why it matters: DirectStorage is one of several attractive features destined for Windows 11. Up until this point, we'd been led to believe that the tech, which was originally created for the Xbox ...

In context: One of the main selling points for next-gen consoles is their SSDs. Or, more specifically, how their software and games interact with and take advantage of those SSDs. PS5 and XSX players ...

Last year, Microsoft announced that it would be bringing DirectStorage to Windows PCs to “revolutionize PC gaming." Then, Microsoft showed how DirectStorage would improve the Windows 11 gaming ...