First game using DirectStorage coming to pc

opethdisciple · 3 Mar 2022 at 23:15

I assume this is the first game using DirectStorage on pc I don't know of any others.

Forspoken

I've been waiting a while for games to start using this on PC.

Gimpymoo · 3 Mar 2022 at 23:33

That is not going to break down any doors though, miles of nothingness.

Not the best example.

Malevolence · 3 Mar 2022 at 23:47

Oh look, another game where the character has to constantly make inane and unfunny quips all the time.

opethdisciple · 4 Mar 2022 at 00:16

The point being the technology is finally making it to the pc.

rumple9 · 4 Mar 2022 at 15:49

It's taking a long time to roll out this tech. I won't upgrade to NVME until its widely implemented as standards change so fast and it wont be too long before pcie6 is out

NZXT30 · 4 Mar 2022 at 16:22

opethdisciple said:
The point being the technology is finally making it to the pc.

Indeed are those bots replying? Good to see direct storage is not some vaporware tech.

Raumarik · 4 Mar 2022 at 20:13

Malevolence said:
Oh look, another game where the character has to constantly make inane and unfunny quips all the time.

I don't mind it when it's idle animations etc but constantly just means it'll wear thin within an hour.

ltron · 7 Mar 2022 at 01:23

opethdisciple said:
The point being the technology is finally making it to the pc.

I'm actually really excited about this, much less stuttering and very little loading. I'm surprised we haven't heard more, I thought that was a sign that it was still years away.

willhub · 8 Mar 2022 at 14:57

will direct storage work on a gen 3 NVMe on a PCI 3 mobo with 3700x and 3080 ti?

rumple9 · 8 Mar 2022 at 16:23

I believe it needs 1tb nvme gen 4 to work properly. Gen 3 will work but it is not as fast

rumple9 · 16 Mar 2022 at 02:35

Looks like Direct Storage is still some time away

https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/microsoft-directstorage-api-is-available-for-pc.html

ChocAndGray · 18 Mar 2022 at 09:21

I really hope this api is the magic ticket to remove stuttering.

So many pc games suffer from I/o, asset stutter etc

ltron · 19 Mar 2022 at 19:57

ChocAndGray said:
I really hope this api is the magic ticket to remove stuttering.

So many pc games suffer from I/o, asset stutter etc

Yes, I really hope so. If it lives up to the hype then it will.

mrk · 24 Mar 2022 at 22:42

60fps video but the game motion itself looks like it's running at 30fps. Do not want.

rumple9 · 25 Mar 2022 at 13:54

Good article here from GURU3D - In essense load times are halved with direct storage NVME compared to SSD, but the technology isn't quite there yet and there is a cpu bottleneck

https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/f...000-files-at-4-5-gb-loads-in-1-7-seconds.html

mid_gen · 25 Mar 2022 at 13:58

ltron said:
Yes, I really hope so. If it lives up to the hype then it will.

Hate to break it to you, but it takes more than just fast IO to remove framerate hitches. Everything helps, but there many, many other things that cause hitches.

ltron · 25 Mar 2022 at 21:57

mid_gen said:
Hate to break it to you, but it takes more than just fast IO to remove framerate hitches. Everything helps, but there many, many other things that cause hitches.

Loading related hitches are the most annoying though. They need to sort out shader compilation issues too.

mid_gen · 26 Mar 2022 at 07:04

ltron said:
Loading related hitches are the most annoying though. They need to sort out shader compilation issues too.

Gonna be some disappointed people if you think DirectStorage is going to eliminate framerate hitches

ltron · 26 Mar 2022 at 14:25

mid_gen said:
Gonna be some disappointed people if you think DirectStorage is going to eliminate framerate hitches

Maybe, but I like hoping that I won't be disappointed :cry:

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mattyfez · 26 Mar 2022 at 18:24

Interesting concept, but I'm struggling to understand how it will make a big enough difference to justify the presumably very high cost.