Nvidia's latest GeForce 535.98 Game Ready driver ushered in support for Diablo IV and fixes for some general bugs. Among the improvements, the driver also brought a significant uplift in GPU compression, boosting performance on PCIe 5.0 SSDs, such as the Crucial T700, one of the best SSDs.
DirectStorage, which substantially decreases loading times in games, leverages GPU compression. Game assets come in a packaged format that requires decompression during playtime. Typically, the processor is in charge of decompressing the game assets. GPU compression takes the load off the processor by having the graphics card process the decompression, so driver-based optimization can significantly improve GPU compression.
