MSI MPG Infinite X2: Ultimate Gaming with Forspoken and Microsoft DirectStorage.

Square Enix finally released Forspoken on Jan 25th, 2023. The game was delayed a few times in 2022, but now we can finally enjoy and experience the beautiful and dangerous world of Athia. The story features a young New Yorker called Frey, who was accidentally transported to the mysterious Athia. She needs to use her magic powers to find her way back home. Athia is an enormous open world with different landforms and climates. A huge open-world background always takes time to construct when loading the game. But with Microsoft's DirectStorage, we can speed up the game loading and booting time.

The mysterious and magical world of Athia

It is a new I/O system designed for gaming to fully utilize the SSD's performance which can decrease game loading and booting time. Microsoft Xbox Series X and S consoles were the first to implement this technology, but now we also can enjoy this technology in the latest Windows platform.

Microsoft DirectStorage Working process diagram

Nowadays, games are more beautiful and delicate, with more details and areas to process. Open-world games like Red Dead Redemption 2 and Assassin's Creed Valhalla allow you to fully immerse yourself in the beautiful scenes. When you fast travel to other places in the game, you probably need to wait a couple of times because the scene is changing. Or when you die in the game and you must wait 20 ~ 30 seconds to restart game. The game needs to rebuild the environment, trees, and mountains in the background again. There are more instances where you have to spend time waiting for the game to load. DirectStorage can help you to get rid of this problem.

Go to search “Xbox Game Bar” in Windows or open the app “Xbox Game Bar”. Then press the gear icon to summon the settings menu.

Then, click “Gaming features” to see if your system supports DirectStorage or not. Remember, we need to install the game in M.2 NVME SSD for performance optimization. The game also needs DirectStorage API integration. Like NVIDIA DLSS, hardware and software need to work together for the best performance. Forspoken already supports DirectStorage API so we can easily run the game on MPG Infinite X2. In the future, there will be more games than support DirectStorage.

You can see “C:\” is supported by DirectStorage.

4K, Ultra-High Setting Game Benchmark.

MPG Infinite X2 is an easy upgradeable gaming PC. You don’t need extra tools to install M.2 NVME SSD. 4 thumbscrews in the rear of the desktop can easily be unscrewed with your fingers to remove the side panel. The motherboard provides an EZ clip design for you to easily install M.2 NVME SSD without installing any screws. Once you finish upgrading the system, Windows will automatically optimize your M.2 NVME SSD to be ready for DirectStorage.

MPG Infinite X2 provides an Easy Upgrade design, upgrade is not too difficult.

You can install 3x additional NVME SSD, 2x 2.5” SSD, or 2x 3.5” HDD for more upgradability

Currently, all MSI Intel 13th Gen gaming desktops support Microsoft DirectStorage. If you are interested in running different games on MSI gaming desktops, you can visit our website to find a suitable setup. Select the game you want to play, your preferred monitor size and resolution and the system will show you how the game performs.

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