Microsoft releases DirectStorage: “a new era of fast load times and detailed worlds in PC games”

One of the most crucial breakthroughs in Microsoft's new Xbox Series X console, the ability to transport massive quantities of data from a blazing fast NVMe solid-state drive to your GPU rather than relying on your CPU to decompress it first, was announced 18 months ago.

The "DirectStorage API" would allow games to load more complex environments and do it faster than previously. The DirectStorage API is now available, according to Microsoft. "Windows games will be able to launch with DirectStorage starting today." "By allowing developers to more completely using the performance of the newest storage devices, this public SDK release ushers in a new era of quick load times and detailed environments in PC games," according to the company's blog post.