the verge Microsoft’s DirectStorage 1.1 arrives to boost PC game load times with GPU decompression

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Microsoft is releasing DirectStorage 1.1 this week, and the biggest new addition is GPU decompression for Windows PC games. GPU decompression is the next natural step in an industry-wide effort to improve game load times on modern PCs. Microsoft originally launched DirectStorage earlier this year, but developers have been calling out for GPU decompression support, and it now arrives with DirectStorage 1.1 this week.

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Awesome! Been looking forward to this. 

[Sir Beregond]

Was this the piece that was supposed to make nvme SSD's way superior for load times? I'll have to read up more on this. For this build I had opted for cheaper Gen 3 drives given load times aren't appreciably better vs a SATA SSD currently.

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  On 09/11/2022 at 19:37, Sir Beregond said:

Was this the piece that was supposed to make nvme SSD's way superior for load times? I'll have to read up more on this. For this build I had opted for cheaper Gen 3 drives given load times aren't appreciably better vs a SATA SSD currently.

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It is, just taken ages to get to PC

[GanjaSMK]

This is exciting!