Quote - > Quote - let it run :) until you are dissatisfied with .8 :) Shame to throw away 1.5Kspp+ of work

your quality won't change going to version 1.0RC4, just gain some speed and some fixes and a couple new options I think. Should be ok finishing with .8

Maybe as an exercise, run it again with 1.0 to compare your speed?

 

its slower in 1.0

 

Are you SURE it's slower? ;) Don't just compare the sampling rate, the way Lux samples was changed quite a bit in 1.0. If you have a lot lights, it will be slower, but much more efficient.