It’s solely taken three years, however the GTA V next-gen replace is lastly coming to PC. Higher nonetheless, we’re getting options particular to the PC port together with Nvidia DLSS 3, AMD FSR 3, and most significantly, Microsoft DirectStorage for sooner loading occasions.
Whereas many avid gamers have their eyes set on the GTA 6 launch date window, Rockstar is saying ‘not so quick’ and as an alternative delivering a serious replace to the sport on PC on March 4, 2025. This replace lastly brings fashionable applied sciences to the sport that can see the sport run at sooner speeds on PCs outfitted with the very best graphics playing cards and finest SSD for gaming choices.
Having examined many new releases with Nvidia DLSS and AMD FSR included, the combo of decision upscaling and body technology might be the distinction between and nice efficiency.
Given GTA V’s getting older visuals and customarily much less demanding specs in comparison with fashionable requirements, the addition of DLSS and FSR ought to see body charges rocket for many gamers. Nonetheless, these with much less highly effective or older gaming rigs would possibly discover that they’re merely capable of push a extra constant 60fps utilizing upscaling, which remains to be a win.
Nonetheless, my eye is firmly fastened on the addition of Microsoft DirectStorage, as a result of loading occasions in GTA V have been a ache for years, and that is the repair I’ve been ready for.
DirectStorage permits your GPU to load information instantly out of your SSD and this may result in improved load occasions of between 20% and 40%, based on Microsoft. The DirectStorage API was launched in 2022, and there nonetheless aren’t a ton of video games utilizing it.
The restrictive nature of DirectStorage’s necessities i.e. Home windows 10 or 11 and an NVMe SSD, may very well be holding again wider adoption, however till extra builders implement DirectStorage and begin testing its potential, there’s all the time the chance that the expertise stagnates and goes nowhere. At the moment, solely 27 video games record it as a characteristic on Steam.
Implementing DirectStorage in GTA V is nice not just for the sport proper now but in addition as a result of, to me, it indicators that it might be a day-one characteristic throughout the GTA 6 PC port, every time it will definitely arrives.
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