Yep. That's what i said in my other post. I guess it would help if the OP told us exactly what kind of programs he will be using. Nonetheless if graphics work falls into the general area of rendering and image processing, then he would benefit from an I7 since hyper threading is great for speeding up processing time. Ram also plays a big role. People need the fastest stuff to finish projects at a faster rate than the mainstream cpu an average person would use (ie. i5 750)