YouGamers

[Jonathan]

http://www.yougamers.com/gameometer/10132/?sa=1

I like this concept. I have not looked into what their methodology is, so I can't say if YouGamers is executing the concept well. I can also tell that their database still needs more data, so I wouldn't trust their results completely quite yet.

The concept is a user-driven performance rating per computer game for various hardware. No review site can possibly test all the different possible hardware configurations. But users can submit their own performance results and cover many more configurations.

Currently it seems to show what the recommended system and minimum system is, and the potential player can rate his hardware against the two and make some kind of determination. I'd like to see it extrapolate results for a user's custom specs.

It is a very different approach from the Vista benchmark score. I think it is one that will be ultimately more useful to players in the end.

[Jonathan]

I'd like to see it extrapolate results for a user's custom specs.

If you register it will let you do this. Win.

[Jonathan]

So it appears to extrapolate perf data from 3DMark results (it is a Futuremark website, after all). I would prefer extrapolation from actual game scores, but I do understand that a lot of games don't include a built-in benchmark.

http://www.yougamers.com/aboutus/faq/

I think it would be trivial to create a XML definition for a standard benchmark results format. If there was one, then developers could adopt it and make a web database of perf results possible.

[Jonathan]

Q: I have a dual-core processor. How does this affect my estimate?
A: The benchmarks benefit from multi-core processors, so performance estimates are also higher for multi-core processors than single cores. Notice that all games do not benefit from multiple cores, so your estimates might not totally accurately reflect actual performance. Please refer to our reviews for information on whether a particular game benefits from a multi-core processor.

Major flaw. They should not apply the multi-core speedup unless they know for a fact that the game can benefit.