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2.8GHz worth it? Any benefits besides MHz?

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iphnhelp

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Wondering if the bump to 2.8 is worth it? Besides the extra 300 MHz which, because I'm compressing video in compressor might save me a few min. Is there any other benefit to this chip. (cache or graphics?) Not sure the $200 extra will be worth it.
 
rockstarjoe

rockstarjoe

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iphnhelp said:
Wondering if the bump to 2.8 is worth it? Besides the extra 300 MHz which, because I'm compressing video in compressor might save me a few min. Is there any other benefit to this chip. (cache or graphics?) Not sure the $200 extra will be worth it.
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I think it has 1MB more L2 cache?
 
MattZani

MattZani

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Apr 20, 2008
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I looked today, from what I can see, no difference than clock speed. You can effectively make the refresh a .5Ghz bump if you're not interested in a price drop.
 
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iphnhelp

macrumors 6502
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Jun 16, 2010
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Eh that's a good point. The price did drop so it's a little cheaper than it was.
 
SandboxGeneral

SandboxGeneral

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saturnotaku said:
Unless you're performing CPU intensive tasks and every last second counts, there's no reason to spend the money on the CPU upgrade.
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I agree with this also. Probably better to save the money than spend it for faster CPU cycles that you'll probably never really use.
 
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