Not all NVME SSDs will be compatible with AMD’s new SmartAccess Storage. SSDs must meet certain minimum requirements to take advantage of the technology.
AMD announced SmartAccess Storage at Computex. This is Microsoft’s implementation of DirectStorage, the DirectX API that makes it possible to copy files directly from the SSD to the video card where they are extracted. This can significantly reduce the loading times of games.
Frank Azor of AMD said in an interview with PCWorld that a PCIe 4.0 or even 5.0 SSD is not necessarily suitable for SmartAccess Storage. The driver must meet a set of minimum requirements. What those requirements are is still unknown, but a list of supported SSDs is being worked on. Any pcie 3.0+ nvme-ssd is sufficient for Microsoft’s DirectStorage.
The full interview with PCWorld is below. The relevant piece starts at 18:30.
Source: PCWorld
Source: Hardware Info
