1024 x 768, Magus?

Yes, why do you ask?

I knew that.

Really, I did. . .

Sure, sure. :P

Athlon 1 GHz
512 MB RAM
GeForce4 Ti 4200 (64 MB)
Resolution: 1152x864/32bpp
Texture Resolution: High
MipMap Filtering: Trilinear
Texture Filtering: Linear
Illumination maps: On
Environment maps: On
Bump maps: On
Background Detail: Very High
Effects Detail: High
Space Junk Detail: High
LOD: 20/20
shaders not supported
FSAA: 2x Quincunx
anisotropic filtering: max

G3 800 MHz
384 MB RAM
ATI Radeon Mobility 7500 (32 MB)
Resolution: 1024x768/16bpp
Texture Resolution: Medium
MipMap Filtering: Bilinear
Texture Filtering: Linear
Illumination maps: On
Environment maps: On
Bump maps: On
Background Detail: Medium
Effects Detail: Medium
Space Junk Detail: Medium
LOD: 20/6
shaders not supported
no anisotropic filtering
no FSAA

Framerates are fine on both systems. When I tested it (Jallik D4 station approach), I got min. 49 fps for the Athlon and min. 31 fps for the G3.

1.33 GHz G4
768 RAM
64 MB VRAM on a GeForce FX Go5200

illummap=1
envmap=1
bumpmap=1
tc=0
minfilter=9987
maxfilter=9729
specular=1
windowmode=0
textureresolution=2
texturequality=32
gamma=6
def_freq=0
tfactor_hack=0
doshaders=0
dovertexbuffers=1
doindexbuffers=1
do_compiled_vertex_array=1
do_env_combine=1
do_extensions=1

Power Mac G4/400Mhz
512Mb RAM
GeForce 4MX (32mb)
I average 19-35fps with very minor hitching that happens only ONCE when I look at a station for the first time.

Power Mac G5/Dual 2.0GHz
1.5Gb RAM
Whatever ATI POS came with it.
I average 300-400FPS in space, which drops to 2f-10ps looking at any station.

Power Mac G5 Dual 1.8Ghz
1Gb DDR SDRAM
Gforce 4 FX 5200 Ultra (64mb)

Runs smooth as a whistle in space; want a better card though...

ctishman: turn Doshaders (pixel shaders in Video options) off to fix the FPS problem. The reason your G4 doesn't have the problem is because it's card doesn't support them.