Microsoft DirectStorage has left the beta phase and is now officially available on Windows 11 and Windows 10 (Build 1909 and up.) To benchmark this new feature, we turn to the Sampler Feedback Streaming demo from Intel that we tested a while back here. Intel has added support for DirectStorage t...

Back in 2020, Microsoft announced that a crucial part of the Xbox Series X's Velocity Architecture - DirectStorage - would be coming to PC. Since then, Microsoft has been fairly quiet about about this feature, other than their announcement regarding a limited developer preview last summer. During th...

Earlier this year, when Microsoft revealed Windows 11, they stated that one of its biggest gaming features - DirectStorage - would also come to Windows 10, but that the feature would be better optimized on Windows 11 due to the new operating system's new storage stack. Back in October, Microsoft rel...

When Microsoft announced that DirectStorage — the next gen storage feature for gaming — would come to Windows 10 (build 1909 and up), they stated that it would perform better on Windows 11 due to its new and improved storage stack. Until recently, Microsoft has provided no details on what that would...