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Tag: DirectStorage

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Microsoft’s next-gen DirectStorage tech won’t be locked to Windows 11

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 well as Windows 11, […]

NewsBy mypctip BEST PC TIPMay 18, 2025
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The Full Nerd ep. 184: Valve Steam Deck, Intel Alder Lake rumors, DirectStorage on Windows 10

In this episode of The Full Nerd, Gordon Ung, Brad Chacos, and Adam Patrick Murray are back in the saddle, broadcasting live from our studio for the first time in a long […]

NewsBy mypctip BEST PC TIPMay 18, 2025
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Microsoft releases DirectStorage, the future of fast-loading PC games

Microsoft said Monday that it is finally making its DirectStorage API available to game developers, promising to bring one of the best features of the Xbox Series X game console, Quick Resume, […]

NewsBy mypctip BEST PC TIPMay 5, 2025
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New DirectStorage 1.1 will tap GPU to speed up games even more

Microsoft said recently that it plans to release DirectStorage 1.1 by the end of 2022, improving scene loading times by a factor of three and dramatically speeding up PC games as a […]

NewsBy mypctip BEST PC TIPApril 23, 2025
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Microsoft’s blisteringly fast DirectStorage tech finally arrives on PC

We’ve been waiting for Microsoft’s DirectStorage—the backbone of the Xbox Series X’s ultra-fast storage technology—to come to Windows for years now. After being released to developers last spring, it’s finally here, sinking […]

NewsBy mypctip BEST PC TIPApril 18, 2025
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Microsoft DirectStorage doesn’t slash gaming frame rates after all

Microsoft’s long-awaited (perhaps-revolutionary) DirectStorage technology finally arrived on the PC this week in Forspoken. Initial testing reports showed encouraging yet mildly perplexing results, with some sections of the game loading in under […]

NewsBy mypctip BEST PC TIPApril 18, 2025

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