Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
DirectStorage 1.2 was recently released by Microsoft. Among the changes: Force Buffered IO which allows developers to use the same code path on high end SSDs as well as slower HDDs, new GetCompressionSupport API, and some bug fixes. But the most interesting one is a performance improvement that comes by way of moving the copy after GPU decompression onto the compute queue. This will provide a fairly big performance boost to applications that support GPU decompression.
As can be seen from the video, the Gen5 SSD in particular benefits greatly from this change. In DirectStorage 1.1, it was being held back and its performance was virtually identical to the Gen4 drive. Now, the Gen5 SSD is able to flex its muscles a bit more.
There are still more improvements coming to DirectStorage. We know that Direct Memory Access support is on the roadmap, according to Microsoft, which should increase performance even further.
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DirectStorage 1.2 was recently released by Microsoft. Among the changes: Force Buffered IO which allows developers to use the same code path on high end SSDs as well as slower HDDs, new GetCompressionSupport API, and some bug fixes. But the most interesting one is a performance improvement that comes by way of moving the copy after GPU decompression onto the compute queue. This will provide a fairly big performance boost to applications that support GPU decompression.
As can be seen from the video, the Gen5 SSD in particular benefits greatly from this change. In DirectStorage 1.1, it was being held back and its performance was virtually identical to the Gen4 drive. Now, the Gen5 SSD is able to flex its muscles a bit more.
There are still more improvements coming to DirectStorage. We know that Direct Memory Access support is on the roadmap, according to Microsoft, which should increase performance even further.
➤ EVGA RTX 3080 Ti
➤ Ryzen 7 7700X
➤ 32 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5
➤ ASUS ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WiFi
➤ Phison E26 Engineering Sample SSD Gen5
➤ Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus-G SSD Gen4
➤ ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro SSD Gen3
➤ Seasonic Focus GX-1000
➤ Arctic Freezer 34 CO
➤ Phanteks Eclipse P500A DRGB
➤ Windows 11
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![[4K HDR] Far Cry 6 Gameplay | RTX 3080 Ti | Native 4K | Ultra Settings | HD textures | Ray Tracing](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZH7RDwaQ58Q/mqdefault.jpg "[4K HDR] Far Cry 6 Gameplay | RTX 3080 Ti | Native 4K | Ultra Settings | HD textures | Ray Tracing
This is a performance test for Far Cry 6 in native 4K, ultra settings, with ray tracing turned on. Actual VRAM usage on the 12GB RTX 3080 Ti was usually between 9-9.5 GB, while the game would allocate around 11 GB of VRAM. The game was played in Windows 11.
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