Vue uses the CPU for the final render, not the graphics card. Lesser version of Vue are limited to rendering on 8 CPUs (8 pure cores) and you would need Vue Infinite or xStream Vue to use more cores or integrate with a local render farm (or a home render-farm-in-a-box like the Boxx RenderPro 2). A graphics card will help speed up Vue's preview window, though, and let you run at larger size and with more settings enabled.

Thus Vue Complete can't do better than 8 cores. Cheapest I could find an Octa-core (8-core) i7-6900K kit on Amazon was a hefty $842, and that's assuming you have an existing PC it can just slot into with no hassle.

But if you're stuck with getting a fast i7 4-core CPU, then upgrading to Vue 2016 R2 should make a big big difference - as there was very significant render-time optimisation in Vue 2015, plus a few more tweaks on that for Vue 2016. You can download the latest Learning Edition to test that.

Or... you can get a www.pixelplow.net render farm account, assuming you have a credit card and fast upload on your broadband, and then have their fast CPUs render your Vue scenes for you. For that you're looking at their standard $10 deposit, and then probably about $1 a render.

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