2.8GHz worth it? Any benefits besides MHz?

[iphnhelp]

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]

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.

I think it has 1MB more L2 cache?

 

[Meister]

I think it has 1MB more L2 cache?

i think so, too 😉

 

[iphnhelp]

According to this page

http://store.apple.com/us/buy-mac/macbook-pro

the 2..5ghz and the 2.8 ghz both have "with 6MB shared L3 cache"

hmmm....

 

[MattZani]

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.

 

[iphnhelp]

Eh that's a good point. The price did drop so it's a little cheaper than it was.

 

[KatieKat78]

I'm having the same dilemma.

Do I go 2.8 and 1TB? It's an extra 700 bucks.

Eh that's a good point. The price did drop so it's a little cheaper than it was.

 

[saturnotaku]

I'm having the same dilemma.

Do I go 2.8 and 1TB? It's an extra 700 bucks.

Unless you're performing CPU intensive tasks and every last second counts, there's no reason to spend the money on the CPU upgrade.

 

[KatieKat78]

agreed.

Unless you're performing CPU intensive tasks and every last second counts, there's no reason to spend the money on the CPU upgrade.

 

[S.B.G]

Unless you're performing CPU intensive tasks and every last second counts, there's no reason to spend the money on the CPU upgrade.

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.