DirectStorage: Is This Supported By Windows 11

What is Directstorage ? I had never heard of it till I got my computer running Windows 11.

The design comes from Microsoft X box series S and X and now available in Windows 11 by default allowing games to be loaded at extraordinary speeds.

DirectStorage is a API that removes the need for decompression via the CPU. 

Compressed graphics data is transferred directly from the SSD to the graphics card. This way  decompression  happens in the VRAM of the Video card saving time in processing and transferring game data rather than go via CPU.

As it takes the load away from the CPU game loading times are greatly reduced , which I have noticed when playing my latest game (3 years old,  because my old Computer couldn't play it ) 

Only problem it it requires a NVME Gen 4 Model and a Graphic card that runs DX12 and a new motherboard!

Technology moves on and sooner or later upgrades are required 

There is a very easy way to check if you can use the new Gamer features in Windows 11

Just press Windows key and letter "G" and up pops following window.

There are not many games to take advantage of this Tech at the moment ,  Forespoken and Ratch and Clank: Rift apart  (Pc port) are the only ones i could find .

That will change, at least the Game bar worked with Back4Blood could record, take screen shots and broadcast live game if i wanted  etc

Doom Eternal No! and the Game bar did say it was incompatible .

Its my most playable game at this moment in time, loads in 6 or 7 seconds but that just the raw speed of the Firecuda Gen 4 NVME 

We will have to wait and see if the Game  Devs will support these new features in the future