WHAT DOES AA DO ANYWAY??

Smooths out edges that appear jaggy. Mouse over this for an example http://www.tweakguides.com/images/Antialiasing.gif

XP SP2
7950GT (256 meg version)
2 gig of bog standard RAM
A64 3800+ @2.02ghz

1680x1050
Running everything maxed excluding AA, which is set to 2x.

35-45 fps with 145 stars.

That's what you guys should REALLY do to test your system!

My system:

Q6600
EVGA 8800GT 512MB
4GB OCZ SLI ram

I plan to throw a 9800GT in there when they're released, then use the EVGA step-up to upgrade my existing card to run sli. Also look forward to overclocking the cpu+memory+gpu at that time as well.  

The game runs at 1920x1200 and all effects enabled/maxed. When my entire fleet of 16caps+ship slots maxed is battling an opponent's fleet and I'm zoomed in up close, it does stutter a little bit.  Just finished a 10player FFA last night   

e6750
8800GT 512
4GB DDR2-800

1680x1050 Highest, no AA (don't like the AA 'sparkles')



Old machine--
A64 3200+
Radeon x850 Pro 256
1GB DDR-400

1680x1050 Medium, No AA

thx for the info  

2.2 core 2 duo
8600M GT 512 MB
4 Gigs Ram
Windows XP

I run it at 1680X1050 with everything on high and no AA

BTW This is on my laptop; this game was very well optimized I can't run any other game at 1680X1050 with graphics higher than medium.