Quote -  Would you mind posting your results in this thread?

I tried the trial version of Vue 8 Complete and loaded a scene I had done with Vue 6.  Interface-wise, it seemed pretty much the same as Vue 6 to manipulate my objects. (actually the specs are the same as Vue 6). In terms of render speed, I can't know because the trial has rendering limitations.

However, when I tried the Eco-paint, it was pretty sluggish to paint even a few rocks into the same scene as there was a lag time. I wasn't even doing trees.

My major reasons for the upgrade was for the new things like terrain, sky, and especially the eco-paint. Now I'm thinking it may be better to skip it.

I'm starting to feel I'd rather use older software (i.e. leaner) on this machine which will be really fast, than get new software which will run slow. It's not like nice images can't be done with 6. ;)

One thing I will mention though, is when I launched the app, it said my graphics card did not support the current OpenGL required by Vue 8, but it gave the option to use a different setting. I just now launched Vue 8 to get the specific OpenGL info, but today it won't even launch after repeated attempts. 

Maybe that's my answer. Just saved some money.

But I would also welcome anyone else having used it for a while to chime in.