Through a new Windows 10 API called “DirectStorage”, Microsoft promised to provide a better overall gaming experience, and in some cases will also improve performance. DirectStorage is an API for Windows 10 PC, which can bring first-class IO technology to supported hardware, which will greatly shorten game loading time .
DirectStorage is designed for PCs with NVMe drives. If your PC does not support this API, Microsoft says that DirectStorage-based games will still run normally, but there will be no performance improvement.
According to Microsoft, players who use NVMe drives and run DirectStorage-based games may see performance improvements, mainly due to shorter loading times for games. In addition, the new API will allow games to provide more detailed gameplay than ever before.
NVMe storage devices have traditionally been faster than other storage technologies, but the current Windows 10 storage API blocks NVMe bandwidth and also limits the performance of games. In other words, even if you have an ultra-fast PC hardware with NVMe drives, you will not get the best performance due to the current storage API.
Microsoft said that through the new DirectStorage API and supported hardware, I/O performance can be further improved, CPU usage can be reduced, and higher bandwidth storage devices can be fully utilized.
Naijatechnews understands that Windows 10 now has new APIs, new graphics features (DirectX 12 Ultimate), developer tools, and various other improvements, which will make PC games even better.
In order to better understand what this means for game developers, Microsoft said that it will work with industry partners to use their feedback to finalize the API, and developers will get the right to use the API in advance next year.
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