FAKE Benchmark channels on YouTube

Channel:

BENCHMARKS FOR GAMERS

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75,800

Published on January 19, 2024 6:15:07 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3X9lWzgM0o

Game:

Counter-Strike 2 (2023)

Duration: 1:43

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Hi guys,
The situation with the fake benchmarks on YT is not funny anymore.
Do you think these channels will be deleted from YouTube one day?
Maybe if they are reported often enough?

Unfortunately I see more and more of them and some of them are quite successful.
See the ShadowSeven channel (49k subs, over 2 million views per month). @shadowseven

Or Dracarys Gaming (with fake giveaway.), Mike Benchmark, Mark PC, who uploads the fake tests long before hardware release and also publishes 5 videos per day...
@DracarysGaming @MikeBenchmark @MarkPC

Btw, the GPU core and memory clock information is often missing in these videos, it's probably too difficult to fake…

Let's see how long I can keep the channel going. Buying hardware to be able to carry out real tests is an expensive business.
With so many fake videos, the real tests unfortunately get lost and get fewer and fewer views.
As a non-professional, I wouldn't be able to see through all these fakes straight away.

So what can you do?
1. Ask your favorite benchmark channels, if they can publish GPU-Z or CPU-Z validation for the specific video, if they do not show the hardware. It should then look like this – https://valid.x86.fr/aisvpc
A lot of people probably won't be able to do that – then you'll know they're fake videos.
2. Always be careful when people post a video before release and watch the channel carefully and be suspicious if GPU core and memory clock information is missing.
3. Oh, and sharing this video and reporting obvious fake channels certainly doesn't hurt either ;-)

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Cheers,
BFG

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