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**bug_user** · 09-06-2010, 01:44 PM

Yes, and I can think of a few reasons:

- 3Dmark is no longer viewed as the "ultimate benchmark"
- Overclocking has become easier. Motherboard BIOSes have come a long way, and the cooling peripherals industry as well.
- Performance gains from overclocking are less meaningful nowadays with so few killer game apps out there to take advantage of it.

Spot on with the second and third points. Those are the two critical components, although I'd generalize the third point away from killer game apps. It's even simpler, IMO. Hardware is just crazy powerful these days so you're looking at an elementary problem of spending effort on diminishing returns. It's less a dearth of games and more that they run fine so why bother.

Another point is, perhaps, that members from then are 10-odd years older now. I'm an old man. I just want a quiet computer that doesn't crash and I can build one that's ridiculously overpowered, practically silent and reliable with virtually no effort. Many members are at the points in their lives where they might be more willing to spend money simply buying higher-end parts than spending time on extracting the most value out of their lower-end components.

09-06-2010, 01:44 PM	#6
bug_user Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 542 Senior Member	Yes, and I can think of a few reasons: - 3Dmark is no longer viewed as the "ultimate benchmark" - Overclocking has become easier. Motherboard BIOSes have come a long way, and the cooling peripherals industry as well. - Performance gains from overclocking are less meaningful nowadays with so few killer game apps out there to take advantage of it. Spot on with the second and third points. Those are the two critical components, although I'd generalize the third point away from killer game apps. It's even simpler, IMO. Hardware is just crazy powerful these days so you're looking at an elementary problem of spending effort on diminishing returns. It's less a dearth of games and more that they run fine so why bother. Another point is, perhaps, that members from then are 10-odd years older now. I'm an old man. I just want a quiet computer that doesn't crash and I can build one that's ridiculously overpowered, practically silent and reliable with virtually no effort. Many members are at the points in their lives where they might be more willing to spend money simply buying higher-end parts than spending time on extracting the most value out of their lower-end components.
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