Microsoft's Windows 11 announcement was laced with gaming features that were initially said to be exclusive to the new operating system, but in an unusual 180-degree turn, that no longer looks to be ...

One of the best features of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S has arrived on PC and will eventually pay dividends to owners of fast storage devices. Microsoft's DirectStorage API, announced in ...

Microsoft's breakthrough DirectStorage API tech, which promises to accelerate NVMe storage speeds, is now available to all PC game developers. PC devs can now supercharge loading screens and rendering ...

The DirectStorage API is now available for Windows 10 and Windows 11 PCs, which should help games take advantage of faster storage. Microsoft recently announced on its Developer Blog that the ...

"There will be an API that game developers will be able to call to say, 'Is this Steam Deck? If so, use these settings.'" When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. DirectSR is a new Windows API described as the ‘missing link’ between games and DLSS, FSR, and XeSS. DirectSR is ...

Microsoft's software solution here is its DirectStorage API, which has shown it can load PC games like Forspoken in 2 seconds. Typically, a drive sends compressed data to the CPU to be decompressed ...