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New 2.5 ghz macbook pro that much better?
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ive been debating to sell my 6 month old macbook pro 2.4 ghz with 256 mb video card for the newer macbook pro
i mostly do 3d architectural rendering, autocad, photoshop, and photo editing
will i notice an advantage to the faster processor, and upgraded video card?
thanks for replies.
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Unless you're using very large textures with your 3D models (and rendering them in realtime), you're not going to notice the difference. Spend the $$$ on RAM and fast external hard drives.
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Well if you're going to go from a 256mb video card to a 512 then it might be worth it.. otherwise I'd go with mduells suggestion.
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Backups are like guns and condoms. It's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
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Originally Posted by bishopazrael 
Well if you're going to go from a 256mb video card to a 512 then it might be worth it.. otherwise I'd go with mduells suggestion.
Benchmarks haven't really shown it to be that much better - I'd just stuff some more RAM in it as mduell suggests, save yourself a bit of money 
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Ok let me qualify.
If you're using Mya or AutoCAD... buy the 512 card. If you're going to be using Windows, but the 512.
Otherwise do what you like.
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Backups are like guns and condoms. It's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
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