Spider-Man 2 It is officially out of the PC, and according to some early tests, the game has a little problem with Microsoft Directorage. This feature allows GPU decompression in Spider-Man 2, And some users claim that eliminating the files associated with DirectsTORAGE will really improve their performance.
Sebastian Castellanos shared some reference points with directorage on and off in the game in X, which you can see below. There is only a minor change in disabled directorage, but Castilians is already running at a very high frame rate. It doesn’t seem much to write at home.
I spent some time compared/adjustment of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 on PC. In my system (14700k+32 GB DDR5+RTX 4090), it could obtain a decent amount of performance to the Overclocking the GPU, lighting the manual re-bbar and eliminating the DLL files of DirectsTORAGE. The game is a shock festival. pic.twitter.com/O4uia2DOZJ
– Sebastian Castellanos (@Sebasti66855537) February 2, 2025
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However, the Compusemble YouTube channel continued with its own tests, finding a 10% increase in yield with directorage disability when used RTX 4090 in 4k. The performance profits were smaller with lower resolutions, with an improvement of 6% to 1440p and only a 3% improvement to 1080p.
It makes sense that directorage contributes to some loss of performance. A 10% loss in 4K is extreme, but the characteristic allows GPU decompression in Spider-Man 2. This allows your GPU to break down the assets of the game instead of your CPU, which can Improve performance when your CPU is not up to it. However, if you are already pressing your GPU strongly, as by executing a demanding AAA game in 4K, some of your GPU’s resources are assigned to Directorage instead of representing the game, reducing performance.
Both compusemble and Castilians were testing with high -end CPU, a AMD RYZEN 7 9800X3D and Intel Core i7-14700k, respectively, and I suspect that the yield dynamics would change significantly if the tests with a weaker CPU. You can see a little of that with compusemble tests, where performance gain decreases to 1080p when there is more tension in the CPU.
Cannot disable directorage inside Spider-Man 2. If you want to turn off the function, you must enter the game installation folder and remove two files: Dstoraz.dll and Dstoragecore.dll. The game should work well without these files, but if not, you must verify the game files through Steam or do a new installation. You can also back up. DLL in another place and add them again in the folder if you encounter any problem.
Spider-Man 2 He has only been on PC for a few days, but he has already seen two hotias, one of which was launched today. None of the solutions mentions Directorage specifically, but the Last points towards “Stability improvements” throughout the game.
