Microsoft DirectStorage Requirements Explained
Microsoft DirectStorage needs a PCIe 4.0 or 5.0 NVMe SSD and a DX12-capable GPU to deliver its full loading-time and CPU-overhead benefits.
- Microsoft DirectStorage is software that lets games load data directly from fast NVMe SSDs to cut loading times and CPU overhead.
- DirectStorage requires a PCIe 4.0 or 5.0 NVMe SSD along with a DX12-capable GPU, since it's an API-level DirectX 12 technology.
- Nvidia GPUs since the 900 series and AMD GPUs since the 200 series already support the DX12 requirement for DirectStorage.
Microsoft launched DirectStorage for Xbox Series X to take advantage of extremely fast SSDs, and DirectStorage is coming to PC soon. In this piece, we'll cover what you need to know about this new feature, including what is DirectStorage? What are its requirements and features?
What Is Microsoft DirectStorage? 2022
DirectStorage is, at its core, a new piece of software that lets games take advantage of fast NVMe SSDs. This feature doesn't just reduce loading times — it also offers better hardware capability for running games. Fast SSDs are becoming increasingly important for good gaming performance. These days, game developers want to load many small pieces of data over a longer period. That's why SSDs, which are quite good at handling many data requests known as IO requests, are the focus of developer optimization efforts. A large part of DirectStorage consists of GPU file compression. GPUs are known to be good at compressing small files, and DirectStorage takes full advantage of that feature. While it improves loading times, it also significantly reduces CPU overhead.
Microsoft DirectStorage Requirements
- You need an NVMe SSD to see the full benefits of DirectStorage. Since games with DirectStorage are developed with these kinds of SSDs in mind, it needs to be a PCIe 4.0 or 5.0 NVMe SSD.
- Since DirectStorage is an API-level technology tied to DirectX 12, it's exclusive to DX12 games.
- All Nvidia GPUs since the 900 series and all AMD GPUs since the 200 series support DX12. Upcoming Intel GPUs will also support DX12.
- All Intel CPUs since the 3rd Generation and all AMD CPUs since Ryzen 1000 support PCIe 3.0, the minimum requirement for NVMe SSDs.
- Intel 11th Gen, 12th Gen, and Ryzen 3000-6000 support PCIe 4.0, the fastest speed for current SSDs.
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