Purchasing Imac and CS4 question

I am planning purchasing an imac in the next couple of months. Mostly work with adobe suite and possibly doing some video editing with After effects.
My question is this; are there any significant benefits with the higher end graphics card and some of the newer features in CS4? I'm debating between a refurb 2.8 and 3.06 but not sure if the added cost is justified.
Also I have read a number of rumors that the iMacs will receive a speed bump before the holidays, can anyone comment if that is likely or unlikely to happen?
thanks in advance.

If you were to buy new you could go for the 2.8 and upgrade the graphics processor for $150. I doubt you will see much difference with the lower power GPU in 2D graphics Apps unless you are planning on running multiple displays. However if you were going to use After Effects or Premier the 8800GT might do better.
OTOH since you are buying for the future the overall CPU gain is probably worth the extra cash. Think of it this way, one year from now will you be wishing you had the additional 200MHz and better GPU?
For reference I am running CS3 Design Premium, After Effects CS3, and FCP Studio on 2.16GHz iMacs with 3GB RAM and X1600 Graphics without any noticeable problems.
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