Another way to think of it is, is it 60% better? It's 60% more expensive, but probably won't give you anywhere near that kind of difference in performance. Usually on the PC side, there is a nice spot where you can get 80% of the performance for about 60% of the price. That 2.8 looks to be about there. Regards, Eric Winemiller Digital Carvers Guild 3D plug-ins for Carrara http://digitalcarversguild.com

Eric Winemiller
Digital Carvers Guild
Carrara and LightWave plug-ins