EZ Drummer 2 is light years ahead of V1 for darned near everything. I know you said you don't need songwriting tools, but the browser and search functions alone are worth the upgrade. The 2 new kits that it comes with are great, and the percussion is quite cool, although somewhat limited. I haven't detected any seriously heightened CPU usage on it compared to V1.
I do not believe you can run V2 with V1 if you upgrade. I could be wrong about that, but I can tell you that the learning curve for EZ2 is not very steep, and you won't want to go back once you make the switch.
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