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minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-27 months agoSmall correction Direct Storage was on PC (Linux)prior to XSX. 2005 for RAM and 2016 for VRAM. However Nvidia didn’t implement it until recently
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-27 months agoIsn’t DirectStorage a part of DirectX? That’s on Linux? I thought this was proprietary Microsoft stuff. “DirectStorage Linux” search seems to support my assumption. Are you thinking of resizable BAR / Smart Access Memory?
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-27 months agoThe function of it is to bypass the cpu in resource calls DirectStorage is just what Microsoft called it when they tried to brand it as a new feature
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-27 months agoThat’s not what DirectStorage does though. It reduces CPU overhead but doesn’t eliminate it. It’s not DMA https://www.anandtech.com/show/17613/microsoft-directstorage-11-with-gpu-decompression-finally-on-its-way
Small correction
Direct Storage was on PC (Linux)prior to XSX. 2005 for RAM and 2016 for VRAM. However Nvidia didn’t implement it until recently
Isn’t DirectStorage a part of DirectX? That’s on Linux? I thought this was proprietary Microsoft stuff.
“DirectStorage Linux” search seems to support my assumption.
Are you thinking of resizable BAR / Smart Access Memory?
The function of it is to bypass the cpu in resource calls
DirectStorage is just what Microsoft called it when they tried to brand it as a new feature
That’s not what DirectStorage does though. It reduces CPU overhead but doesn’t eliminate it. It’s not DMA
https://www.anandtech.com/show/17613/microsoft-directstorage-11-with-gpu-decompression-finally-on-its-way