Imac 27" which to buy

Planning to buy Imac 27"
Wondering if I really need the faster 3.2 processor. I do intensive graphics work incuding photoshop and building video websites, but not sure if there is a meaningful difference between the 2.9 and 3.2 processors.
Thoughts?

That's tough. The 3.2 comes with twice the video ram which would be worth while for video editing & apps like PhotoShop.
At either rate I would suggest adding some Ram (you can shop it around for less than Apple)

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