Recently I've been playing around with the Vue 8 beta, and I have to say I'm impressed! Lot's of neat new features including the new Strata filters, displacement map overhangs and super God Rays. There seems to be a certain crispness I haven't seen before for the landscape fractals-- sorta reminds me of Terragen renders. Here are a few of the test images. If you're on the fence about upgrading, maybe these will help you with the decision. ;-)