You might want to ask some friendly developers about that on the KVR forum, in the DSP and Plug-in Development section:
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=33
I'm sure there are a few knowledgable developers over there who are happy to give their opinions
They also might know more about using the new version Visual C++ building from the same code versus building with an older version. Could save you a lot of time to find out
