For starters: Find out if your software is multi core capable. Especially the
video software.
I know DixX supports multithreading but don't know how effective it is.
For fun with povray I'd go for the i7 or the Phenom.
Probably the Phenom because it has double the L1 and L2 cache of the i7.
But to be sure what is best for you you'd have to run actual benchmarks on the
different CPUs

just my 2ct
Aydan

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