Thanks Arraxxon for the explanation!

Quote - because GPUs do a totally different job to CPUs

OK, I not a cpu expert; I thought the contrary...that they do a similar job (calculating ones and zeros?) lol
Our problem is that we can't use these GPUs for rendering Vue pics...hope that this problem will be solved in the close future.

What I don't understand is that they can make graphic cards with up to hundreds of processing cores in a cpu while Intel/AMD can't give us more than 4 cores in a single processor unit...am I missing something?  :-) 

OK, thank you guys!

Quote - http://www.intel.com/en_UK/consumer/products/processors/corei5.htm?cid=emea:ggl|ci5dtop_uk_brand|u4C7A77|s

please click on see more details.

i5 processors only have 4 threads MAX, i.e. there will only be 4 cores

so if you want 8 threads you need an i7, i.e. for 8 cores.

Thanks but I'm only interested in first hand reports since these links can't really answer my question...I just hoped that someone from the power-hungry Vue community bought an i7 computer and could tell about his/her experience....thanks anyway!

Quote - tried asking E-On ? they'd know for sure (or over at the E-On forums)

No, I thought I could get a fast answer here from people who own both Vue and and a computer with that new quad processor... 

Ddreams
Thanks for you input but I would like to hear real life reports how the hyperthread feature handles Vue and how many cores will render an image, 4 or 8?....I need to know it before I  buy one especially for Vue rendering...hope some Vue users have this processor and can tell more about this question.

Quote - I don't own an i5
But It's my understanding Core i5 will recognize the processors as having four core, not 8 as the i7s do, which would greatly diminish render performance compared to an i7 IMHO

See the article at this link for more info. Esp. the part about mutithreading.

 

In the article says: "Hyper-threading is a technology used by Intel to simulate more cores than actually exist on the processor. While Core i7 products have all been quad-cores, they appear in Windows as having eight cores. This further improves performance when using programs that make good use of multi-threading."

I wish someone tested that processor with Vue; this is what I would like to know...does Vue see 8 cores a' 2 Ghz?  (8 x 2 Ghz ?)

I would need an answer from a person who owns such a new quad core system.
 

Hm, why not buy a large hard drive (1 TB, they are cheap) and save everything for rainy days?

For me it sounds bisarre that the owner (Mark) won't save a backup file of everything there (Freebie sections and more)...an extermely sad story; why did he waited for the last moment; he could have sold it to some rich 3D CG guy or put it on Ebay; the site had some possibilities...what a shame; he did a great work there!
Blessings!