DirectStorage
Also searched as: directstorage · direct storage · fast game loading · nvme game loading
What it means
DirectStorage is a Windows feature that lets a game load data straight from a fast NVMe drive to the graphics card, skipping slow old steps — for shorter loads and less in-game hitching.
More detail
Traditionally a game's data took a long detour — off the drive, decompressed on the CPU, then handed to the GPU — which is part of why open-world games hitch when they stream in new areas. DirectStorage shortens that path and can hand decompression to the GPU, so a game built for it loads faster and streams more smoothly off an NVMe SSD. …
In the Blackbook
The deeper explanation continues inside the app. The Blackbook publishes its verdicts here — the full write-ups stay in the book, on your rig, next to your own measurements.
The Compy Blackbook holds 191 graded entries like this one, judged against your hardware — and every change it does make is reversible, with the receipt to prove it.
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