UL Announcing end of support for 3DMark 11, PCMark 7, Powermark and some 3DMark benchmarks

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There's always a bit of nostalgia when reading stuff like this. On one hand I know the benchmarks are pretty much useless now, but on the other I remember the 100s if not 1000s of times I ran them (especially 3DMarks) over the years and it's always a bit sad to see them "go" (even though I know they don't actually "go" anywhere ha). 😳
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Solfaur:

There's always a bit of nostalgia when reading stuff like this. On one hand I know the benchmarks are pretty much useless now, but on the other I remember the 100s if not 1000s of times I ran them (especially 3DMarks) over the years and it's always a bit sad to see them "go" (even though I know they don't actually "go" anywhere ha). 😳
My favorite was the 3DMark06 with the flying Dutchman and the big snake-serpent - when it jumped out of the water, I can still remember how my hardware had a hard time pushing 20+ fps with AA enabled 😀 and Aquamark was also a nice one.. This only tell us that we are getting old 😛
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Laci:

My favorite was the 3DMark06 with the flying Dutchman and the big snake-serpent - when it jumped out of the water, I can still remember how my hardware had a hard time pushing 20+ fps with AA enabled 😀 and Aquamark was also a nice one.. This only tell us that we are getting old 😛
2001 SE has be my favorite. Nothing too special about the little red truck, but I can always appreciate how far we've come when I see it and remember how it used to look so real 🙂
#5743062
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Just tired of the crap their pulling on the latest release. Lets have everyone download/install +6gb of crap (not even talking about updates), so ppl can run the one relevant benchmark that's actually free/doesn't require a license. Basically, let's put 5 times more traffic on servers/internet because 1 in 50 have a license and can actually run more than one of the benchs.
#5743137
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They stopped forcing big patches (it was one of my major gripes) and now you can get small incremental patches within the 3dmark application that are much more bandwidth and time friendly.
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fry178:

Just tired of the crap their pulling on the latest release. Lets have everyone download/install +6gb of crap (not even talking about updates), so ppl can run the one relevant benchmark that's actually free/doesn't require a license. Basically, let's put 5 times more traffic on servers/internet because 1 in 50 have a license and can actually run more than one of the benchs.
The only program updates I've seen in several years is just the SysInfo component. That is not of course counting the Feature Updates, which I don't know why one would complain about that.
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Im talking about initial dl, which is always the full suite of +5gb. why do i have to dl (install) 6gb of data, just because they dont care to ask for serial before install (thus limiting install to what you purchased) or simply giving me the option to select which tests i want installed . Almost every software does, so i dont see why they cant. Not talking about the fact im writing more to an ssd, than is needed.