Quote - Come back when your Vue renders look as good as the OP's link.

Ouch, coming from one of your obvious talents, that smarts!

In anycase, taking only a few minutes, grabbing images off the web and using the same clip map procedure, I was able to create this image below. While certainly not up to Allesandro's standards (as if anything I ever did could compete with his incredible talent), it does point out the ability of Vue to ALSO use clip maps to create more photoreal images.

Please feel free to post your own Mental Ray efforts. I look forward to seeing them.