Administrator Updated on March 31, 2023 The worldwide gamers are waiting intensionally for Microsoft’s direct storage API. It is said that the user's gameplay experience will be improved with this Xbox-based storage API, as the game loading time will be reduced to milliseconds by establishing the direct connection between SSD and GPU.
Since direct storage is the new feature developed by Microsoft, many users don't know exactly the purpose of direct storage or how to enable it on their PC. So, this article will help you know about direct storage and how it works on Windows 11.
What is Direct Storage?
With the help of direct storage API, the data will be directly sent to the graphics card's VRAM from NVMs SSD, and the CPU and system memory is not needed in this process. So far, direct storage was only available for the Xbox series, but it will be available soon for PC gamers to enhance their gaming experience.
If you don’t have direct storage on your PC, you will still be able to play games, but the speed of your game will not be as fast as you can experience with direct storage.
The requirement to activate direct storage API on Windows 11
Not every PC user can activate direct storage on their system because it has a particular requirement to be activated on your computer. To activate it, your PC must meet these requirements.
- SSD must use the “Standard NVM Express Controller”.
- 1TB or higher NVMe SSD.
- GPU should be DirectX 12 Ultimate compatible.
How to enable direct storage on windows 11?
If you are using windows 11, you are not required to perform a certain action to enable direct storage. Because direct storage is an API and is a built-in function in the latest operating system, all you have to do is check that your PC meets the requirement mentioned above. Game developers use the API in their games. When they do so, you just have to launch the game compatible with direct storage on windows 11.
The direct storage-enabled games are not yet available for users. The gamers will have to wait for the games in which this feature is enabled. It is expected that the direct storage-enabled games will be released in early or mid-2023.
Conclusion
Now, we know what precisely direct storage is, why we need to enable it, and how to enable it in windows 11.
