Microsoft, which is preparing to bring the fast boot and load times, one of the biggest developments of the new generation consoles, to the PC platform with DirectStorage technology, will ensure that the compressed game data copied to the system memory is transferred directly to the video card memory without being opened.
Requires special firmware
The SSD requirements of the technology, which was originally designed for Windows 10 but made special for Windows 11 with a sudden change of decision, are slowly starting to come to light. According to reports, Sabrent, who is preparing to release the Rocket 4 Plus G model specially designed for DirectStorage and making statements to PCGamer, said that the drivers require special firmware (Firmware) to use the technology.
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However, industry sources say that DirectStorage will need an NVMe SSD that will deliver 2.5GB/s data transfer rate for long periods of time with a continuous 32K random read stream. Thus, we can say that users who have a fast enough SSD solution will be able to use the technology with hardware updates to be shared by the manufacturers.