I've seen this mentioned elsewhere (but could not find it) and wanted to confirm that observation.  I opened a project that was particularly cpu thirsty in X3e, to the point of even getting dropouts if I didn't freeze some tracks.  In Platinum it plays fine.  So same complex project, less cpu usage in Platinum.  Yea!!

Rawk! So far, it looks like the upgrade was really worth the money. I noticed that the core distribution seemed more even in some of my larger projects. Congratz to the bakers.

I see the same thing!

With X3, I would have some Engine stops which would force me to freeze some tracks. I always found a way to work with it to my satisfaction. However, I must admit on the 4 or so projects I started with Platinum, I have yet to come to a halt through the engine locking up. I'm sure I will press it hard enough at some time, but it is nice to be getting more distance without interruption.

This was the first change I noticed and LOVE IT!

Yep same here.