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Originally posted by: eddiebravo
well, it is easy for me to understand the difference between a ford gt and a mustang, but as a hardware noob i cannot say the same about these processors. to me, it seems like the difference between a POS every day driver mustang and a 500hp exotic designed for racing is clearly huge and easily justifies the large difference in price between the two.
Alright, how about I revisit this analogy...
Ford Shelby GT500KR
$80,000
0-60 4.3s
Ford GT
$140,000 (often selling for close to double that)
0-60 3.3s
So, is the extra 1s worth $60,000? Rather, worth $160,000 as many of them sold for considerably more than MSRP?
The performance difference between the Extreme chips and normal chips do exist, just run something that strictly tests the CPU and you'll see. However, is a 20% performance increase worth it for you to pay the price?