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- New Platforms:
	- x64 version for MS Windows
	- Apple Mac OS X Native 32bit version
          (x64 is not possible due to cuda toolkit constraints at this time)

- Daylight system with sunlight and physically based sky

- Material Channels: 
   - bump maps         			(also read from OBJ MTL file)        
   - normal maps                
   - opacity (alpha) maps       	(also read from OBJ MTL file)                     
   - thin film coating maps

- OBJ and Mesh import:
   - Option on mesh node to relink/reload a modified OBJ mesh, keeping materials by name.
   - Use of smooth groups (option in OBJ prefs panel)
   - Loading/Saving of OBJ import preferences

- Universal executable for all Geforce 8000 and up,
  no more separate 8000 and 9000+ executables.

- Improved User Interface scheme

- Uses new Cuda 3.0 toolkit - with new drivers
- Better UI response while rendering on single GPU systems
- Linear and Logarithmic toggle buttons for easier control of many parameters
- HDR Images (OpenEXR and HDR) now take 50% space of video memory.
- Can Zoom the render viewport using CTRL + mousewheel.
- No more need for Visual Studio redistributable package installation.