Zuwan DirectStorage a cikin Windows 10 da Windows 11 Ya buÉ—e sabon babi ga wasannin PC, wanda ya kawo fa'idodi da yawa da muka riga muka samu a kan na'urori masu kwakwalwa kamar PS5 ko Xbox Series X|S ga kwamfutocin tebur da kwamfutocin tafi-da-gidanka. Duk da haka, jerin wasannin da suka yi amfani da wannan fasaha har yanzu sun fi guntu fiye da yadda 'yan wasa da yawa suka zata, kuma wannan yana haifar da rashin tabbas sosai lokacin zabar waÉ—anne kambun ya kamata a kula da su.
Idan kuna neman mafi kyawun wasannin da aka inganta don DirectStorage akan Windows 11Yana da mahimmanci a fara fahimtar ainihin abin da wannan API ɗin ke yi, buƙatun kayan aiki da yake da su, da kuma dalilin da ya sa, har zuwa yau, ba duk fitowar wasanni ba ne suka haɗa da shi. Bugu da ƙari, yana da kyau a lura cewa wannan ci gaban ba wai kawai game da rage girman allo ba ne, har ma game da ba da damar manyan duniyoyi, zane-zane masu cikakken bayani, da kuma ƙwarewa mai santsi, muddin an inganta wasan yadda ya kamata.
Menene DirectStorage kuma me yasa yake da mahimmanci a wasannin Windows 11?
DirectStorage shine Microsoft API An ƙera shi ne don hanzarta kwararar bayanai daga ajiya zuwa katin zane-zane, wanda hakan ya ba NVMe SSD damar samar da wutar lantarki ga GPU a cikin sauri mafi girma ba tare da rage CPU ba. Ya samo asali ne a matsayin wani ɓangare na tsarin Xbox Velocity a cikin Xbox Series X da S, kuma daga baya an daidaita shi zuwa tsarin Windows 10 da Windows 11.
A cikin tsarin loda bayanai na gargajiyaAna karanta fayilolin wasan daga rumbun kwamfutarka (HDD ko SSD), ana canja su zuwa CPU, ana cire su a can, sannan a aika su zuwa ƙwaƙwalwar GPU don yin zane. Kowace daga cikin waɗannan matakan tana ƙara latency, kuma a cikin taken da ke da manyan duniyoyin buɗewa, rubutu na 4K, da kuma tarin albarkatu, latency yana fassara zuwa dogon lokacin lodawa da ƙananan latency lokacin da wasan ke buƙatar loda abubuwa da yawa a kan hanya.
DirectStorage ya karya wannan tsarin gargajiya Wannan yana ba da damar bayanai masu matsewa su yi tafiya kai tsaye daga NVMe SSD zuwa GPU, suna tura decompression zuwa katin zane-zane da kanta. Ta wannan hanyar, CPU ba shine mai shiga tsakani na ko'ina ba, ana rage nauyin sarrafawa, kuma lokacin da ke tsakanin lokacin da wasan ya nemi bayanai da lokacin da GPU ya shirya don nunawa akan allo yana raguwa.
Sakamakon aiki na amfani da DirectStorage daidai Kwarewa ce mai ƙarfi sosai: allon lodawa waɗanda ke ɗaukar 'yan daƙiƙa kaɗan, sauye-sauyen yanki marasa matsala ba tare da tsayawa ba, laushi masu ƙuduri masu girma waɗanda ke bayyana nan take, da kuma ƙarancin jin cewa dole ne wasan ya "yi tunani" game da kowane canji. Duk da haka, duk wannan ana cimma shi ne kawai lokacin da aka tsara injin wasan don sadarwa da wannan API.
Wani muhimmin batu kuma shi ne cewa DirectStorage ba wai kawai yana amfanar da wasan ba ne.amma ga tsarin gaba É—aya: ta hanyar rage yawan amfani da CPU a cikin rage matsi na bayanai, yawancin zagayowar masu sarrafawa suna 'yantar da su don ayyuka kamar basirar wucin gadi, kimiyyar lissafi mai ci gaba, dabarun wasa, ko ma wasu aikace-aikacen da kuke da su a bango yayin da kuke wasa.
Bukatun fasaha don amfani da DirectStorage akan PC
Domin wasa ya amfana sosai daga DirectStorage Bai isa ba ga wasan ya tallafa masa; kwamfutarka kuma tana buƙatar biyan wasu buƙatun kayan aiki da software. Microsoft ta tsara wannan fasaha ne da la'akari da tsarin zamani, kuma duk da cewa tana da wasu daidaito na baya, cikakkun fa'idodin ana samun su ne kawai tare da tsarin zamani.
Da farko, dole ne tsarin aiki ya kasance Windows 10 ko Windows 11Musamman ma, ana buƙatar sigar Windows 10 1909 ko sama da haka, ko kuma duk wani bugu na yanzu na Windows 11. Haɓakawa zuwa Windows 11 ba dole ba ne kawai ga DirectStorage, kamar yadda API ɗin kuma yana aiki akan Windows 10, amma Microsoft yana mai da hankali ne kan makomar wasanni akan Windows 11.
Ginshiƙi na biyu shine ajiyaAna buƙatar PCIe 3.0 ko sama da haka NVMe SSD don cimma saurin karantawa da ake buƙata. SATA SSDs (duka HDDs da 2,5" SSDs) na iya amfani da DirectStorage a matakin asali, amma ana ganin ingantaccen ci gaba lokacin amfani da saurin NVMe, wanda zai iya ninka saurin karatun SATA na gargajiya sau da yawa.
Abu na uku mai muhimmanci shine katin zane-zaneDa kyau, ya kamata ku sami GPU mai dacewa da DirectX 12 Ultimate, saboda wannan sigar ma'aunin zane-zane na Microsoft ta haÉ—a fasaloli da yawa na ci gaba, gami da waÉ—anda aka tsara don yin aiki ba tare da matsala ba tare da DirectStorage da fasahohin da suka shafi su kamar BAR mai girmaJerin NVIDIA RTX da AMD Radeon RX 6000 da sama sune waÉ—anda suka fitar da waÉ—annan damar da gaske.
Sabanin haka, tsoffin GPUs kamar GTX 1050 Ti da sauransu a cikin dangin GTX Ba su dace da DirectX 12 Ultimate ba. Suna iya gudanar da wasannin da suka dogara da DX12 Ultimate a matakin asali saboda API ɗin yana da jituwa da baya, amma ba za su iya bayar da fasaloli na ci gaba kamar bin diddigin hasken hardware ko hanzarta rage matsi ta hanya ɗaya ba. A taƙaice: za ku iya yin wasa, amma ba za ku sami cikakkiyar fa'idar DirectStorage ko wasu fasahohin da ke da alaƙa ba.
Yadda DirectStorage ke aiki
Idan wasa yana amfani da DirectStorage yadda ya kamataTsarin aikin cikin gida yana canzawa gaba ɗaya. Maimakon CPU ya karɓi bayanan da aka matse, ya cire su, sannan ya mayar da su zuwa GPU, NVMe SSD yana ciyar da katin zane kai tsaye, wanda ke sarrafa rage matsawa da sarrafawa a layi ɗaya, yana amfani da babban ƙarfin kwamfuta.
Gwaje-gwajen aiki tare da gwajin fasaha na Microsoft Sun nuna cewa bambanci tsakanin rage matsewa da CPU da yin hakan da GPU na iya zama babba. Mai sarrafa kwamfuta mai inganci kamar Intel Core i9-12900K, wanda ke gudana a 5,2 GHz, yana da kusan 5,2 GB/s na bandwidth mai inganci tare da PCIe 3.0 SSD, yayin da GPUs na zamani da yawa ke ninka wannan ƙimar cikin sauƙi.
Misali, Radeon RX 7900 XT yana da kyamarori masu motsi da yawa. Yana kaiwa ga saurin kusan 12,6 GB/s tare da PCIe 3.0 SSD da kuma kusan 14,6 GB/s tare da faifai na PCIe 4.0, yayin da GeForce RTX 4080 ke aiki a kusan 12,7 GB/s tare da Gen3 da kuma har zuwa kusan 15,3 GB/s tare da Gen4. A cikin waɗannan gwaje-gwajen, Intel Arc A770 yana kaiwa kusan 13,9 GB/s tare da Gen3 kuma yana ƙaruwa zuwa kusan 16,8 GB/s tare da Gen4, yana sanya shi a saman rukunin.
WaÉ—annan sakamakon sun nuna cewa CPU ya zama babban matsala. Tun kafin SSD ta kai ga iyakarta, GPU, godiya ga tsarin gine-ginenta mai kama da juna, zai iya sarrafa manyan kwararar bayanai. Tare da DirectStorage, manufar ita ce: a bar katin zane ya yi abin da ya fi kyau kuma a ajiye CPU don lissafin dabaru, AI, ko kimiyyar lissafi.
Ya kamata a lura cewa waɗannan ma'auni sun fito ne daga gwajin fasaha na Microsoft.An tsara shi ne don auna matsakaicin aiki da zai yiwu a ƙarƙashin yanayin dakin gwaje-gwaje. A cikin wasannin gaske, sakamako na iya bambanta sosai, ya danganta da yadda mai haɓaka ya haɗa DirectStorage cikin injin su da takamaiman aikin da kowane take ke yi.
Muhimman fa'idodin DirectStorage a cikin wasanni da aka inganta
Fa'idar da ta fi bayyana a fili ta wasan da aka inganta don DirectStorage Rage lokutan lodawa ne mai tsanani. Wasannin da a da za su iya ɗaukar daƙiƙa 10 zuwa 30 kafin su loda wasa ko su canza matakan yanzu za su iya ɗaukar tsakanin daƙiƙa 1 zuwa 5 tare da wannan fasaha, muddin sauran kayan aikin sun yi daidai.
Forspoken, ɗaya daga cikin wasannin PC na farko da suka fara aiwatar da shiYa zama misali gama gari don kwatanta wannan tsalle-tsalle: allon ɗaukar nauyinsa ya yi gajeru sosai, kuma motsawa a cikin duniyar buɗewarsa ya fi sauƙi fiye da sauran taken da har yanzu suna dogara ne akan dabarun yaɗa bayanai na gargajiya.
Wani muhimmin ci gaba shine a cikin nutsewa gaba ɗaya.Ta hanyar iya loda bayanai a kan hanya mai sauri, masu haɓaka kayayyaki ba sa buƙatar ƙara dogaro da lif marasa iyaka, kunkuntar hanyoyi, ko kuma fina-finai masu tilastawa don ɓoye lokutan lodawa. Madadin haka, za su iya tsara sauye-sauye na kusan nan take tsakanin yankuna, hanyoyin shiga gine-gine marasa matsala, da kuma tafiya mai sauri wanda ya dace da sunansa.
'Yantar da albarkatun CPU wani babban fa'ida neLokacin da GPU ke sarrafa rage matse bayanai, nauyin da ke kan na'urar sarrafawa ta tsakiya yana raguwa sosai, wanda ke ba da damar ƙarin albarkatu su keɓe ga fannoni kamar NPC AI, tsarin kimiyyar lissafi mai rikitarwa, taron jama'a na gaske, da kuma ƙarin dabarun wasa mai zurfi. A takaice, ba wai kawai yana rage lokutan lodawa ba har ma yana ƙara zurfi da wadata ga duniyar wasa.
Gudanar da rubutu kuma yana amfana daga DirectStorageWannan saboda ana iya loda rubutu mai ƙuduri mai girma daidai lokacin da ake buƙata, maimakon a ajiye nau'ikan RAM masu sauƙi saboda tsoron ɗaukar nauyin tsarin. Wannan yana haifar da yanayi mai cikakken bayani, abubuwa da ke bayyana kaifin gani ko da a kusa, da ƙarancin fitowar gani.
Iyakoki da raunin DirectStorage
Ba duk fa'idodi bane da sakamako masu ban mamaki tare da DirectStorage, kuma yana da mahimmanci a fahimci wannan don guje wa takaici. Da farko, tasirinsa kai tsaye akan ƙimar firam (FPS) yawanci yana da iyaka. Wasu bincike sun gano ƙananan raguwar FPS a wasu yanayi saboda GPU, ta hanyar sarrafa decompression, na iya ganin an karkatar da wasu albarkatunsa daga aikin zane mai tsabta.
Wannan tasirin yana da matuƙar tasiri musamman akan katunan zane-zane marasa ƙarfi.inda kowace albarkatun GPU ke da mahimmanci. A kan manyan tsarin, ƙarin ƙarin rage matsawa yawanci ba shi da yawa, amma a kan ƙananan GPUs, ƙaramin tasiri na iya bayyana, musamman a cikin yanayi masu wahala tare da babban nauyin zane.
Bugu da ƙari, DirectStorage ba ya amfanar da dukkan nau'ikan nau'ikan iri ɗaya.Wasannin duniya na buɗewa, tare da manyan taswirorinsu da launuka iri-iri da za a iya lodawa cikin sauƙi, sun fi amfana. Karin taken layi ko waɗanda ke da ƙananan matakai ba sa fuskantar irin wannan babban tsalle, domin yawan bayanan da suke ɗorawa yana da iko sosai kuma ba shi da ƙarfi sosai.
Wani babban cikas kuma shine karɓuwa daga masu haɓaka fasahaHaɗa DirectStorage ba wai kawai batun duba akwati a cikin injin wasan ba ne; yana buƙatar aiki mai zurfi, yin bita kan yadda ake sarrafa fayiloli, matsi, yaɗa albarkatu, da ƙari. Yawancin ɗakunan studio har yanzu suna daidaitawa ko kuma ba sa ɗaukar saka hannun jari a ciki a matsayin fifiko a cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci.
Daidaiton kayan aiki kuma yana iyakance tasirinsa gaba ɗayaDomin ba duk 'yan wasa ke da NVMe PCIe 3.0 ko 4.0 SSD ko GPU na zamani ba. A waɗannan lokutan, ko da tsarin aiki yana goyan bayan API, fa'idodin suna raguwa sosai ko ma kusan ba za a iya gane su ba. Ga yawancin masu amfani da tsoffin kayan aiki, DirectStorage ya fi zama alƙawarin gaba fiye da ci gaba mai ma'ana a yau.
Wasannin da suka dace da kuma matsayin É—aukar nauyin yanzu
Ɗaya daga cikin gunaguni na yau da kullun daga 'yan wasan PC Matsalar tana nan ne wajen nemo jerin wasannin da suka dace da DirectStorage. Ba kamar sauran fasahohi ba, babu wani takamaiman jerin wasannin da Microsoft ke da shi wanda ya haɗa da duk taken da ke aiwatar da wannan API zuwa wani mataki ko ƙasa da haka.
Kayan aiki kamar SteamDB sun tattara wasanni da dama, demos, da betas. wanda ke haÉ—a DirectStorage, wanda ya kai jimillar shigarwar kusan hamsin. Duk da haka, wannan bayanan yana canzawa koyaushe kuma ba koyaushe yake bayyana ko wasan yana amfani da shi a tsakiya ko kawai a cikin takamaiman sassan tafiyarsa ta lodawa ba.
Forspoken shine, sake, ma'anar da aka fi ambatoIta ce babbar fitowar PC ta farko da ta yi amfani da wannan fasaha kai tsaye, duka don rage lokutan lodawa da kuma ba da damar buɗe duniya mai cikakken bayani da aka ɗora a kan hanya. Duk da ce-ce-ku-cen da ta haifar saboda wasu dalilai, kamar ingancin hoto na ƙarshe idan aka kwatanta da tirelolin da suka gabata, haɗakar DirectStorage ta nuna wani sauyi.
Sauran wasanni, kamar Hunt: ShowdownSun sanar a wani lokaci cewa suna da niyyar haɗa DirectStorage ta hanyar sabuntawa na gaba. Duk da haka, shirye-shiryen studio na iya canzawa, kuma aiwatar da ainihin aikin wani lokacin ana jinkirta shi ko iyakance shi ga ƙananan gyare-gyare, don haka koyaushe yana da kyau a duba bayanan faci ko ƙayyadaddun fasaha na wasan kafin a ɗauki komai a matsayin abin wasa.
A gaskiya ma, kwararru da yawa suna ba da shawarar duba bayanan hukuma. Kowane mai haɓakawa ko mai wallafa ne ke bugawa don tantance ko wani takamaiman taken yana amfani da DirectStorage. Shafukan samfura, shafukan yanar gizo na hukuma, da bayanan haɓakawa galibi suna ambaton sa lokacin da aka haɗa API ɗin sosai, yayin da rashin sa yawanci yana nuna cewa wasan har yanzu yana dogara ne akan hanyoyin lodawa na gargajiya.
Bambance-bambance tsakanin yin wasa tare da DirectStorage da ba tare da shi ba
Idan muka kwatanta ƙwarewar da DirectStorage ke da ita da kuma ba tare da ita baHanya mafi sauƙi don tantance aiki ita ce duba lokutan lodawa da amfani da albarkatu. A cikin yanayi na gargajiya, wasan zamani na iya ɗaukar tsakanin daƙiƙa 10 zuwa 30 don lodawa, yana cinye babban kaso na CPU yayin lokutan lodawa, kuma saurin ajiya da RAM don sarrafa rubutu da bayanai ya fi iyakancewa.
Tare da DirectStorage yana gudana, waɗannan hanyoyin suna matsewa. A cikin ƙananan windows, rage lokacin ɗaukar kaya zuwa tsakanin daƙiƙa 1 zuwa 5 a ƙarƙashin yanayi mafi kyau. Shiga CPU yana raguwa sosai, yayin da GPU ke ɗaukar ƙarin aiki ta hanyar sarrafa rage matsi na bayanai, wanda ya fi dacewa da tsarin gininsa.
A matakin gani, ingancin laushin Ba a ƙara iyakance shi da tsarin RAM ba, domin ana iya ɗora samfura masu ƙuduri mai girma da laushi daga NVMe SSD. Wannan yana ba wa wasan damar kiyaye cikakken bayani ko da lokacin da ɗan wasan ya motsa da sauri a kan taswirar, yana rage tasirin abubuwan da ba su da haske waɗanda aka "gyara" tare da jinkiri.
Kwarewar mai amfani gaba ɗaya tare da DirectStorage Yana da sauƙin sassautawa: ƙarancin lokacin da ake kashewa wajen kallon sandunan ci gaba, ƙarancin ƙwanƙwasawa da ke faruwa sakamakon yawan bayanai kwatsam, da kuma ƙarin jin ci gaba a cikin duniyoyin buɗe ido. Ga 'yan wasa da yawa, wannan santsi yana da mahimmanci kamar, ko ma mafi mahimmanci fiye da, samun ƙarin FPS.
Duk da haka, dole ne a tuna cewa ba tare da an tsara wasanni ba Domin cin gajiyar DirectStorage gaba É—aya, kayan aiki kaÉ—ai bai isa ba. Za ka iya samun PCIe 4.0 SSD mai sauri da GPU mai kyau, amma idan injin wasan bai yi amfani da API ba, lokutan lodawa har yanzu za su dogara ne akan samfurin gargajiya.
Masu hangen nesa na gaba da kuma rawar da masu haɓaka ke takawa
Idan ana duba gaba, DirectStorage yana da niyyar zama misali Wannan ya bayyana a cikin taken AAA da kuma a cikin yawancin kundin PC, musamman ganin yadda NVMe SSDs da GPUs masu jituwa na DirectX 12 Ultimate suka zama ruwan dare maimakon banda. Yanayin kasuwar kayan aiki a bayyane yake yana matsawa zuwa wannan hanyar.
Masu haɓaka wasannin bidiyo gabaɗaya suna kallon wannan API ɗin da kyakkyawan fata.Wannan yana buɗe ƙofa ga ƙirƙirar manyan duniyoyi masu buɗewa, biranen da ke da yawan jama'a, da kuma ƙarin abubuwan da suka shafi kama-da-wane ko kuma abubuwan da suka ƙara haɓaka ba tare da mamaye CPU gaba ɗaya ba. Duk da haka, yana buƙatar sake tunani game da wani ɓangare na tsarin injin ɗin, wani abu da ba za a iya yi cikin dare ɗaya ba.
Mabuɗin shine a yi la'akari da rage matsa lamba da canja wurin bayanai. Tun daga farkon matakan haɓakawa. Idan wani aiki yana da DirectStorage wanda aka haɗa daga ƙirar injin farko, ingantawa zai fi kyau fiye da idan an ƙara shi a minti na ƙarshe a matsayin "faci" don rage kaya. Kamar yadda yake tare da bin diddigin hasken rana, ingancin aiwatarwa yana da babban bambanci.
A halin yanzu, ji na gaba ɗaya shine cewa duniyar PC Amfani da fasahohi irin wannan yana ci gaba da tafiya a hankali fiye da yadda ake so, musamman idan aka kwatanta da na'urorin wasan bidiyo inda kayan aikin suke iri ɗaya kuma ingantawa ya fi sauƙi. Duk da haka, ƙarin sanarwar sabbin wasanni sun haɗa da nassoshi zuwa DirectStorage ko tsarin yaɗa bayanai makamancin haka.
Ga ɗan wasan da ke son amfani da DirectStorage a yauMafi kyawun dabarar ta ƙunshi haɗa kwamfuta mai shiri sosai (Windows 10/11, NVMe SSD, GPU na zamani) tare da yin bita mai kyau game da ƙayyadaddun fasaha da sanarwar masu haɓakawa, fifita taken da ke tabbatar da daidaito a sarari kuma suna nuna ci gaba na gaske a cikin gwaje-gwaje masu zaman kansu.
DirectStorage ya kafa kansa a matsayin muhimmin sashi Wannan muhimmin ci gaba ne a wasannin PC: ba wai kawai yana rage lokutan lodawa ba, har ma yana ba da damar duniyoyi masu rikitarwa, cikakkun bayanai na gani, da kuma ingantaccen rarraba ayyuka tsakanin CPU da GPU. Duk da cewa karɓuwarsa har yanzu tana da iyaka kuma fa'idodin sun bambanta daga wasa zuwa wasa, 'yan wasa masu kayan aiki na zamani da ke sha'awar tura iyakokinta za su sami ƙwarewa mai sauri da sauƙi a cikin taken da aka inganta don wannan API fiye da injunan da har yanzu ke da alaƙa da tsarin loda bayanai na gargajiya.
