{"id":542933,"date":"2023-01-24T15:00:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T12:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-first-directstorage-game-is-here-is-your-pc-ready\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T15:00:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T12:00:50","slug":"the-first-directstorage-game-is-here-is-your-pc-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-first-directstorage-game-is-here-is-your-pc-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"#The First DirectStorage Game Is Here. Is Your PC Ready?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a284f4ac09f4\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a284f4ac09f4\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-first-directstorage-game-is-here-is-your-pc-ready\/#%E2%80%9CThe_First_DirectStorage_Game_Is_Here_Is_Your_PC_Ready%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;The First DirectStorage Game Is Here. Is Your PC Ready?&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-first-directstorage-game-is-here-is-your-pc-ready\/#Forspoken_Is_the_First_DirectStorage_Game_on_PC\" >Forspoken Is the First DirectStorage Game on PC<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-first-directstorage-game-is-here-is-your-pc-ready\/#How_Does_DirectStorage_Work\" >How Does DirectStorage Work?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-first-directstorage-game-is-here-is-your-pc-ready\/#What_You_Need_to_Take_Advantage_of_DirectStorage\" >What You Need to Take Advantage of DirectStorage<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-first-directstorage-game-is-here-is-your-pc-ready\/#How_DirectStorage_Will_Speed_Up_Your_Future_PC_Games\" >How DirectStorage Will Speed Up Your Future PC Games<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThe_First_DirectStorage_Game_Is_Here_Is_Your_PC_Ready%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;The First DirectStorage Game Is Here. Is Your PC Ready?&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<!-- UNCACHED CONTENT --><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage wp-image-866856 size-full\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Forespoken.jpeg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Forespoken image of Main Character Facing a Dragon\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-credittext=\"Square Enix\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\">Square Enix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>DirectStorage for Windows promises to bring the rapid loading speeds of the Xbox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Series<\/a> X and PlayStation 5 to PC gaming, and the first title to actually implement this <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> arrives January 24, 2023. Can your PC handle it?<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Forspoken_Is_the_First_DirectStorage_Game_on_PC\"><\/span>Forspoken Is the First DirectStorage Game on PC<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=e7eab128eb8d1c53e14db14f4c632447&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fstore.steampowered.com%2Fapp%2F1680880%2FForspoken%2F&amp;cuid=xid:{xid}&amp;___trxnet=vg\">Forspoken<\/a> is a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> launching on PlayStation 5 and Windows PC. It\u2019s an action roleplaying game with a focus on traversal, covering large distances with speed and fluidity. That involves a huge amount of streamed data, so this is perfect for the PlayStation 5.\u00a0 That\u2019s because the PS5 features a custom SSD and hardware compression technology to reach maximum data read speeds of around 9GB per second.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you have one of the latest PCIe SSDs in your computer, you won\u2019t get anywhere near that figure, so to have an equivalent experience on PC, something new is necessary.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s where DirectStorage comes into the picture, and Forspoken is the first PC game to implement this long-awaited feature that Xbox Series players have enjoyed since those consoles launched.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the developers of Forspoken say that DirectStorage 1.1 reduces load times from <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/thanks-to-directstorage-forspoken-loads-in-only-one-second\/\">10 seconds to a mere one second<\/a> in the game, although your specific hardware may influence real-world performance.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Does_DirectStorage_Work\"><\/span>How Does DirectStorage Work?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>DirectStorage is part of the latest DirectX API or <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>lication Programming Interface. This is a set of standard software functions that handles communication between software and hardware. This is why game developers no longer have to develop their games for specific graphics or sound cards. As long as the hardware and software comply with DirectX, it should all just work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>What Is DirectStorage on Windows 11, Windows 10, and Xbox?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DirectStorage handles the loading of files from high-speed SSDs. It accelerates the speed at which data can be read from these drives in several ways. For example, it allows for data files to be requested and loaded in parallel. But perhaps most importantly, it allows for hardware decompression.<\/p>\n<p>By using the processing power of your GPU, DirectStorage can decompress data on the fly before loading it into the computer\u2019s memory. This increases the effective read speed of the drive beyond its actual maximum speed. Imagine a file is 100MB on disk compressed, but while you load that data, you also decompress it, and it arrives in memory as a 200MB file. You\u2019ve effectively shifted double the data, even though the drive only moved 100MB.<\/p>\n<p>Since DirectStorage bypasses the CPU for the decompression stage and GPUs are much, much better at parallel processing with their thousands of cores, the difference in performance is an order of magnitude better.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_You_Need_to_Take_Advantage_of_DirectStorage\"><\/span>What You Need to Take Advantage of DirectStorage<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-754952\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/nvme-ssd-drive-interface.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Closeup of NVMe drive interface\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/ssd-m2-disk-close-selective-focus-1967186233\">Eshma\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The version of DirectStorage shipping with Forspoken is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/deeplink?id=2QzUaswX1as&amp;mid=24542&amp;u1=htg\/866815|xid:{xid}&amp;murl=https%3A%2F%2Fdevblogs.microsoft.com%2Fdirectx%2Fdirectstorage-1-1-now-available%2F&amp;___trxnet=ls\">DirectStorage 1.1<\/a>. Although version 1.0 has been available for some time, no game developers have yet taken advantage of it. This is likely because 1.0 lacked the asset decompression feature that makes 1.1 so compelling.<\/p>\n<p>The hardware requirements for DirectStorage 1.1 are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Though you may still see some benefits on SATA SSDs, the major gains are on the much faster PCIe drives that allow for parallel data transfer.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_DirectStorage_Will_Speed_Up_Your_Future_PC_Games\"><\/span>How DirectStorage Will Speed Up Your Future PC Games<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As the market share of DirectX 12 GPUs, Windows 11, and PCIe SSDs continues to grow, we expect more and more PC titles in addition to Forspoken to include DirectStorage support or for existing games to receive patches adding the feature retroactively.<\/p>\n<p>What we don\u2019t expect is for any games to have DirectStorage as a minimum requirement or to have games designed around the assumption that such high storage speeds are available. This is a key advantage current consoles have since developers know how fast the drives are at their disposal, making it possible to build exclusive games.<\/p>\n<p>As time goes by, most PC gamers will eventually acquire hardware compatible with this technology, and it will accelerate not just games but everything else you do on your computer. 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