Possible to improve DVD ripping?

Friends,
I have a late-2009 imac i7 w/ 12gb RAM, OS X 6.8.2.  My graphics card is an ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB.  Whenever I rip a dvd, the fans eventually start blowing hard and the unit heats up.  I'm not concerned but I am curious.  If I had a newer machine, with a different "more powerful" graphics card or processor, would the machine strain less to perform the ripping?  I'm not looking to buy a new machine (too much) but would the imacs be any better at the task?  Or would they also work hard to rip the dvd?
Thanks!
Steve

DC Steve wrote:
... Or would they also work hard to rip the dvd?
They will would work just as hard. This is one of the most processor-intensive tasks and will demand maximum performance no matter what Mac you have. A newer one will be faster but the difference might not be significant to you.

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