Question Userbenchmark paywalled LMAO!

[igor_kavinski]

Controversial benchmarking website goes behind paywall — Userbenchmark now requires a $10 monthly subscription

That's a shame.

www.tomshardware.com

Last ditch effort to pretend he has something of value to offer

 

[VirtualLarry]

Well.. it's gone.

 

[AdamK47]

Something that I don't use and now will never use.

 

[igor_kavinski]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1758853679417819513

Intel must need donations badly

 

[Saylick]

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1758853679417819513

Intel must need donations badly

Get subsidies from the gubmint, and get subsidies from the end user.

 

[Markfw]

I hope they go bankrupt !

 

[IEC]

... and nothing of value was lost.

 

[scannall]

What? No more checks from Intel?

 

[Gideon]

Damn, I kind of hope, they’ll stick around till at least Zen 5.

Reading their “review” is like half the reason to even launch Zen 5.

At least the CPU commentary still isn’t behind paywall

 

[Mopetar]

Do you think there's anyone sad or deluded enough to actually pay for a subscription?

If Intel did stop sending checks, maybe this is their way of shaking them down and clawing some of that money back

 

[Pohemi]

I haven't used it in at least a few years now, but 3dMark and PCMark are no longer free either, or at least not current versions. It use to be just the "Pro" versions with extra features unlocked that cost anything. Now the only free downloadables are older versions. They aren't expensive, but still...

 

[Thunder 57]

I haven't used it in at least a few years now, but 3dMark and PCMark are no longer free either, or at least not current versions. It use to be just the "Pro" versions with extra features unlocked that cost anything. Now the only free downloadables are older versions. They aren't expensive, but still...

IMHO 3DMark hasn't been relevant in almost 20 years.

 

[Panino Manino]

Do you think there's anyone sad or deluded enough to actually pay for a subscription?

There's a saying in my country: "every day leaves the house a scoundrel and a fool".

 

[DAPUNISHER]

IMHO 3DMark hasn't been relevant in almost 20 years.

I always run 3DMark when I slap together a build to play with. It was $5 on a Steam sale. It's a quick and easy means to know If the CPU or GPU are performing properly if there are enough database entries for the hardware. When there are not enough results for comparison, the stress tests suffice for ensuring the new stuff isn't nerfed.

 

[Schmide]

IMHO 3DMark hasn't been relevant in almost 20 years.

3dmark doesn't pretend to be anything. They make a pretty scene, it runs, it provides metrics. Whatcha See is Whatcha Get (Song by The Dramatics)

Userbenchmark is more like This is what you want, this is what you get. (song by Public Image Ltd)

Edit: Extreme overclockers seem to think it's relevant as they risk high value hardware just to top it.

 

[Thunder 57]

3dmark doesn't pretend to be anything. They make a pretty scene, it runs, it provides metrics. Whatcha See is Whatcha Get (Song by The Dramatics)

Userbenchmark is more like This is what you want, this is what you get. (song by Public Image Ltd)

Edit: Extreme overclockers seem to think it's relevant as they risk high value hardware just to top it.

I didn't mean to say that 3DMark was bunk like Userbenchmark. Just the I haven't found much use for it since 2001SE or 2003. I grew to dislike synthetic becnmarks.

 

[Schmide]

I grew to dislike synthetic becnmarks.

Why? They provide a baseline repeatable operation. Moreover their simplicity makes them inheritly cross platform.

Edit: So I'm not up in 3dmark's business. But they're kind of respectable. (I looked them up) Correction really respectable. UL. Underwriters Laboratories. Their metrics and standards drive almost every industry.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

3D Mark and Uni engine Heaven/Valley have been my go-to stability testing for ages at this point.

As a bonus, you get an immediate feedback on what the performance bump over old hardware aught to *look* like.

Going from a HD7950 to a 980ti to a 6800xt in Fire Strike, I got to visualize what the performance improvment looked like each time in a test I was very familiar with.