{"id":601801,"date":"2023-01-27T06:55:42","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T12:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/27\/microsofts-directstorage-tech-arrives-on-pc-with-perplexing-encouraging-results\/"},"modified":"2023-01-27T06:55:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T12:55:42","slug":"microsofts-directstorage-tech-arrives-on-pc-with-perplexing-encouraging-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/27\/microsofts-directstorage-tech-arrives-on-pc-with-perplexing-encouraging-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft\u2019s DirectStorage tech arrives on PC with perplexing, encouraging results"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<svg viewBox=\"0 0 0 0\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" focusable=\"false\" role=\"none\" style=\"visibility: hidden; position: absolute; left: -9999px; overflow: hidden;\"><defs><filter id=\"wp-duotone-dark-grayscale\"><feColorMatrix color-interpolation-filters=\"sRGB\" type=\"matrix\" values=\" .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 \" \/><feComponentTransfer color-interpolation-filters=\"sRGB\"><feFuncR type=\"table\" tableValues=\"0 0.49803921568627\" \/><feFuncG type=\"table\" tableValues=\"0 0.49803921568627\" \/><feFuncB type=\"table\" tableValues=\"0 0.49803921568627\" \/><feFuncA type=\"table\" tableValues=\"1 1\" \/><\/feComponentTransfer><feComposite in2=\"SourceGraphic\" operator=\"in\" \/><\/filter><\/defs><\/svg><svg viewBox=\"0 0 0 0\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" focusable=\"false\" role=\"none\" style=\"visibility: hidden; 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position: absolute; left: -9999px; overflow: hidden;\"><defs><filter id=\"wp-duotone-blue-orange\"><feColorMatrix color-interpolation-filters=\"sRGB\" type=\"matrix\" values=\" .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 .299 .587 .114 0 0 \" \/><feComponentTransfer color-interpolation-filters=\"sRGB\"><feFuncR type=\"table\" tableValues=\"0.098039215686275 1\" \/><feFuncG type=\"table\" tableValues=\"0 0.66274509803922\" \/><feFuncB type=\"table\" tableValues=\"0.84705882352941 0.41960784313725\" \/><feFuncA type=\"table\" tableValues=\"1 1\" \/><\/feComponentTransfer><feComposite in2=\"SourceGraphic\" operator=\"in\" \/><\/filter><\/defs><\/svg><\/p>\n<div id=\"page\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/#primary\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<main id=\"primary\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-1484183\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/lexar-1.jpg?quality=50&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"Lexar SSD\" data-hero  ><\/p>\n<p><span>Image: Lexar<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"link_wrapped_content\">\n<body><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve been waiting for Microsoft\u2019s DirectStorage\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/398899\/microsoft-xbox-series-xs-directstorage-velocity-architecture-windows.html\">the backbone of the Xbox Series X\u2019s ultra-fast storage technology<\/a>\u2014to come to Windows for <em>years<\/em> now. After being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/623036\/microsoft-releases-directstorage-the-future-of-fast-loading-pc-games.html\">released to developers last spring<\/a>, it\u2019s finally here, sinking its deep optimized-storage hooks into Square Enix\u2019s <em>Forspoken<\/em>, which released this week to middling reviews\u2026and no review copies for PC reviewers. Ominous. So is the lightning-fast load-free future of PC gaming finally here?<\/p>\n<p>Definitely maybe? <em>Forspoken <\/em>indeed sports some damned impressive loading times, but it\u2019s unclear how much of a difference DirectStorage itself makes in this game if you already have a fast NVMe SSD. <strong>Update: <\/strong>It also appears that DirectStorage can lower your overall frame rate by roughly 10 percent in <em>Forspoken<\/em>, at least in the configuration tested. Read that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/1485079\/microsoft-directstorage-slashes-the-rtx-4090s-speed-by-10-in-forspoken.html\">separate report here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>First, the good news. As spotted by , several users report achieving blisteringly fast load times on the PC. (Since PC review copies weren\u2019t provided, user reports are key in these early days.) Twitter user  loaded all of <em>Forspoken<\/em>\u2019s benchmark scenes in under two seconds, as measured by the game. Impressive!<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>\u2014who follows me on Twitter, hey JJDizz1L!\u2014posted a similarly impressive video, showing <em>Forspoken <\/em>launching virtually instantaneously when he selected \u201cContinue\u201d after quitting the game. \u201cDon\u2019t blink or you\u2019ll miss it,\u201d he says, and he\u2019s right. It\u2019s <em>cool<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>But there are questions about whether those are the result of DirectStorage, or if <em>Forspoken<\/em> simply has ultra-fast loading times to begin with. On the r\/hardware subreddit, user  noticed that the game only loads instantly when you\u2019re continuing from the most recent save. \u201cIt seems they are \u2018cheating\u2019 by preloading the most recent save file in the start screen,\u201d skipan said. \u201cI get instant load on the most recent one and a loading screen on older ones. Thats actually useful for the player experience but for benchmarking you should load an older save.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Skipan helpfully uploaded the following YouTube video showing the difference in load times after saving at the exact same spot twice, seen below:<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Forspoken Demo 2023 01 25   08 52 55 06\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gyLqS7-aRs4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>As far as BlooHook\u2019s two-second load times go, our own Adam Patrick Murray was playing around with the <em>Forspoken <\/em>benchmark last night and reports he saw similar results on a system with a fast NVMe drive\u2014but he\u2019s running Windows 10. Microsoft says DirectStorage will run on both Windows 10 and 11, with ostensible optimizations in the newer OS, but Square Enix says <em>Forspoken<\/em>\u2019s DirectStorage support only applies to Windows 11.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, we have one reviewer report, and it paints a less rosy picture benchmarked <em>Forspoken<\/em>\u2019s loading times on an advanced gaming rig (Intel Core i7-12700KF, 16GB of DDR4 RAM, GeForce RTX 4090, WD Black SN850 NVMe SSD) and encountered good, but not stellar results. Several scenes loaded in under two seconds, but the longest took 7.5 and 9.5 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe average load time (not provided by the benchmark, so we calculated it manually) is 4.30 seconds, which is not what we hoped from DirectStorage compared to the one-second loads available on PS5,\u201d the site reports.<\/p>\n<p>Square Enix\u2019s Sunil Godhania took to  yesterday to say that \u201cBy running a NVMe SSD drive, loading time may finish within 1~2 seconds. With SATA SSD it may take about 10 seconds,\u201d though he did note that the \u201cloading time may vary depending on other hardware configurations and the storage devices in use.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So what\u2019s really going on here? Is DirectStorage supercharging NVMe load times on Windows 10 and 11 alike despite Square Enix\u2019s claim of Windows 11 exclusivity? Is the game just so well-optimized that it loads lightning-quick on Windows 10 even without official DirectStorage support? How much do your PC\u2019s specs matter? That Wccftech rig certainly is ferocious.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll need to investigate deeper and see DirectStorage implemented in more games to know for sure, especially as other PC users report that the game is . (There\u2019s a <em><\/em> if you want to try it yourself.) A couple things seem clear, however. First, <em>Forspoken <\/em>has damned impressive load times no matter what, especially when resuming from your last save, and we want to see more of that regardless of the cause. And second, no matter what\u2019s going on with DirectStorage here, PC gamers <em>definitely<\/em> want to be gaming on an NVMe SSD rather than a SATA drive these days if at all possible. Our roundup of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/407542\/best-ssds.html\">the best SSDs<\/a> can help you pick a gem.<\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/div>\n<div data-ga=\"article-footer-author\">\n<h3>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/author\/bchacos\" rel=\"author\"><br \/>\n\t\tAuthor: Brad Chacos<\/a>, Executive editor\t\t<\/h3>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/author_photo_Brad-Chacos_1655490486-25.jpg?quality=50&#038;strip=all&#038;w=150&#038;h=150&#038;crop=1\" height=\"125\" width=\"125\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Brad Chacos spends his days digging through desktop PCs and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BradChacos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeting too much<\/a>. 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