Snow Leopard and Final Cut Studio Versions

As Snow Leopard (SL) and FCS 3 work only on Intel-Mac, while FCS 2 is universal, I am wondering, if the upgrade to FCS 3 will improve efficiency and speed. FCS 2 still carries the PowerPC code being universal while FCS 3 isn't. Therefore I am wondering (apart from the bells & whistles) if FCS 3 is leaner and more code efficient than FCS 2 and therefore worth the upgrade.
Any comments?
Cheers
Hisham

FCS 3 does appear to be "leaner" from what I've read. And it was designed to make use of Snow Leopard's new GCD technology which should improve speed as well. I'm pretty sure it works in 64bit on top of that... if this is accurate, you should notice more efficiency. Any other commenters: Please correct me if my facts are wrong.
Hope that helps,
Travis

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