Today at CES 2025, Dell announced the revival of the iconic Area-51 gaming laptops, which were known for their desktop-level ...

Alienware is resurrecting the company’s iconic Area-51 branding for its upcoming 16- and 18-inch gaming laptops. As announced ...

The successor to the 2024 Alienware m16R2 and x16R2,, the Alienware Area 51 gaming laptops were launched at CES 2025. These new 18-inch and ...

Announced way back in 2020 by Microsoft, DirectStorage is an API that aims to significantly reduce game loading times, ...

Reclaiming its position at the apex of our portfolio, the new Area-51 Desktop and Area-51 Laptops debut an arsenal of cutting ...

Priced from $99, it targets professionals and gamers, offering enhanced performance with Microsoft DirectStorage technology and a 5-year warranty. PNY has just unveiled its new CS2150 M.

As said, the new CS2150 comes in 1TB and 2TB capacity versions, peaking at 10,300MB/s read and 8,600 MB/s write speeds, and offers Microsoft DirectStorage support. The drive is backed up by a 5 ...

The PNY CS2150 SSD works with Microsoft DirectStorage, a Windows 11 feature that does wonders for game load speeds faster and graphic quality. It sends data directly to the graphics card (GPU ...

So it’s fast all around. Plus, PNY says that it’ll be super-fast for gamers thanks to the Microsoft DirectStorage support. PNY has already launched the CS2150 NVMe SSD so if you’re looking ...

These specs naturally make the drive an excellent choice for gaming, but improvements compared to cheaper, competing PCIe 4.0 drives are minimal, even in games that support DirectStorage.

DirectStorage requires an NVMe SSD to store and run games that use the Standard NVM Express Controller driver and a DirectX12 GPU with Shader Model 6.0 support. DirectX 12 Ultimate is available with ...