Refurbished 2.93 Quad, Any Good?

[wispy007]

Hi All,

I'm looking at buying the above from the Australian online store. They have only the base configuration available.

My questions are:

Has anyone in Australia bought one recently and if so did you get ay extras not listed?

Performance wise how do they fair vs the 2.8 2010 base model?

I can get the 2.8 2010 base model for $100 less so I'm curious to know if the magical turbo boost @ 3.33ghz is worth it.

All comments welcome.

[mjsmke]

I have the 2.93 quad and think its great. It will be slightly fater than the 2.8 quad 2010 but the 2010 has a better GPU (tho its only £150 from a local PC shop)

The 2.8 octo would be better for any program that need all cores so it really depends what you do. I use mine mostly for Photoshop, Logic, Maya. I could have got the 2.26 octo but it reviewed slow in photoshop and logic.

[wispy007]

What video card do you have in yours?

If it's the GT120 how do you find it with Photoshop and iPhoto?

[mjsmke]

What video card do you have in yours?

If it's the GT120 how do you find it with Photoshop and iPhoto?

I have the GT120. I get on fine with it. Never use iphoto. even in Maya its fine. Running 2 22" monitors from it. Are you having trouble with yours?

[wispy007]

I just sold a 2008 2.8 octo as the warranty was due to run out in Jan. Got $3400 for it. I still have a flashed 4890 from that machine but I'll probably sell it if the GT120 is ok.

Just pulled the trigger and bought the 2.93, hope it gets here before the weekend!

[mjsmke]

Good choice! What kind of word will you be using it for?