Friday, 24 March, 2023

Microsoft DirectStorage doesn’t slash gaming frame rates after all

<p>Microsoft&#39;s DirectStorage feature is designed to boost load times in PC games massively. But it&#39;s not supposed to tank your all-important frame rates. A video from PC Games Hardware found that using DirectStorage affected frame rates by 10 percent. It&#39;s a case of bad test data. Forspoken&#39;s load times can be cut in half with DirectStorage enabled. Games typically compress game assets for distribution, and then these assets are decompressed once a game is played.&nbsp;</p>