Nvidia's RTX IO finally emerges as games supporting DirectStorage GPU decompression launch
Nvidia's solution for fast load times reappears after almost three years
Directstorage articles
New DirectStorage SDK allows developers to improve game load times on HDDs
Adoption is still low among game developers, but the tech is gradually improving
Forspoken requires 150GB of storage and needs an RTX 3070 for 1440p @ 30fps
The game also recommends 24GB or 32GB of RAM
DirectStorage benchmark shows massive transfer speed improvements
Tests benchmark SSD transfer speeds and GPU decompression
Microsoft releases DirectStorage 1.1 to developers
Microsoft brings GPU decompression to developers
DirectStorage 1.1 uses GPUs to optimize decompression performance and lower game load times
Freeing up CPU cycles for other jobs
Forspoken, the first PC game with Microsoft DirectStorage, has been delayed to next year
The second time it's been delayed
Microsoft says DirectStorage can reduce your CPU usage by 40%
In addition to slashing loading times
Forspoken demo offers a glimpse of Microsoft's DirectStorage in action
Developers believe one-second loading times will be possible in the near future
DirectStorage to be showcased during GDC 2022's presentation of Forspoken
First PC game confirmed to use DirectStorage, coming later this year
Microsoft DirectStorage API is now publicly available to developers
Future games can finally benefit from the tech
Windows 11's DirectStorage tech will also come to Windows 10
Microsoft wants to help developers reach as many gamers as possible
Microsoft will bring DirectStorage API from the Xbox to PCs to reduce IO bottlenecks in games
A developer preview is expected to drop next year