kiddingguy Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Does an external M.2 drive - like Delock Thunderbolt™ 3 External Portable 480 GB SSD M.2 PCIe NVMe - also supports the new DirectStorage in gaming (on Windows 11)? Connected via USB-C (and more specifically in my case a compatible USB-C hub; the Satechi Type-C Multi-Port Adapter 4K with ethernet V2) Or does DirectStorage only fully work when it's directly connected & plugged in into NVMe to the motherboard? hellowalkman 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrynalyne Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Windows 11 hasn’t even implemented DirectStorage yet. 🤨 But according to someone else on this forum, it’s done. 🤣 Tantawi 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixion Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 On 01/09/2021 at 07:02, kiddingguy said: Does an external M.2 drive - like Delock Thunderbolt™ 3 External Portable 480 GB SSD M.2 PCIe NVMe - also supports the new DirectStorage in gaming (on Windows 11)? Connected via USB-C (and more specifically in my case a compatible USB-C hub; the Satechi Type-C Multi-Port Adapter 4K with ethernet V2) Or does DirectStorage only fully work when it's directly connected & plugged in into NVMe to the motherboard? Based on nothing but conjecture you'd want fast streaming speeds to see a benefit with directstorage so I would think you'd want it on the PCIe bus alongside the graphics card, I would also expect the minimum speed requirements to be at the top end of PCIe3 (if it's even supported) to be vaguely comparable with the Xbox Series S/X (2.4Gbps before compression, 4.8Gbps after). So in summary if it's even supported I wouldn't expect it to perform well over USB3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted September 1, 2021 Global Moderator Share Posted September 1, 2021 That's a interesting question, I'm just guessing here and say that it probably will work with externals as long as the minimum speeds are there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goretsky Supervisor Posted September 1, 2021 Supervisor Share Posted September 1, 2021 Hello, I have not seen any mention of using an externally-interfaced drive, so I think it may be likely be a feature that requires directly-attached storage. If the drive were accidentally disconnected during use that could cause problems (game crashing at the very least, I would think), plus there may be some security (anti-cheat) implications as well if drives were externally attached via Thunderbolt. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceelf Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 If it's connected through Thunderbolt yes, it should work fine. If it's through USB probably not. But until the tech is actually released I'm not making any promises, obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceelf Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 and that edit is proof I am not always awake when I respond :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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