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By utilizing this method, game loading times could significantly decrease, even in areas where you're transitioning between worlds. Microsoft claims game loading times could be three times faster, freeing up the CPU to handle other tasks.
GPU with GDeflate (left) loads in 0.8 seconds compared to CPU with Zlib (right) in 2.36 seconds. (Image: Microsoft)Director Hoef also added, “With the release of DirectStorage 1.1, it will kickstart a new journey for game developers to maximize gaming hardware and accelerate loading times for PC games in the coming years'.
These new enhancements are set to roll out for developers and will be available on both Windows 10 and Windows 11. Microsoft has also incorporated optimizations in the IO stack available to Windows 11 users, so it will be the best choice for GPU decompression and DirectStorage in general.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card (Image: TechSpot)GPU manufacturers like NVIDIA and AMD will also need to release DirectStorage 1.1 compatible drivers prior to Microsoft's final release later this year. While DirectStorage promises blazing fast loading times as we've seen on the Xbox Series X, there aren't many PC games applying this technology yet. Forspoken is purportedly the first major game to support DirectStorage, but this title has been delayed until January 2023.
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