Compiling minimum & recommended system requirements for EB: post PC specs!

[Tellos Athenaios]

I'm working on an overhaul of the currently very outdated guide to install EB (for those who don't know: the link in my signature) and part of it will feature an attempt at establishing a solid list of specs for both 'smooth' and '[bare] minimum'. I will likely not take one sample as the final list, but rather take whatever consistent/average specs return the "minimal" and "smooth" results.

Of course, using only my own experience on one PC will not make for a reliable yardstick, so I'd like to ask you to post your PC specs too. The easiest way to grab your system specs from any Windows machine would be to use the Run dialog and run "dxdiag" (without quotes).

Since both "smooth" and "bare minimum" are rather ill-defined ways to measure system performance (so much depends on what you were/are used to), please include estimates like in the following example:

1. System specifications:
   
   • CPU: AMD Athlon X2 5200+ (64bit, dual core @ 2.6Ghz)
   • RAM: 2GB DDR2
   • Graphics Card: Sapphire Radeon X1650 Pro
   • OS: Windows Vista 32bit
   • Monitor resolution: 1440x900.
2. RTW settings:
   
   • I've simply upped all the graphics settings to the max the RTW screen will allow me.
3. Ballpark figures:
   
   • Turns take: 1-3 minutes.
   • Loading game: 5-7 minutes.
   • Loading saves: ~ 1 minute.
   • Loading battles: idem.
   • Loading the campaign map: idem.
   • Activating the script: 2-5 seconds.
   • Navigating on the campaign map: smooth, no noticeable delays when moving the view on the campaign map
   • Navigating on the battle map: likewise.
   • Transitioning to/from event cut scenes (general fallen, etc.): fast, smooth -- no artefacts, no arbitrary pause while the game works out what to render.
   • Stability: good, can resume RTW from screensavers, can leave RTW running for at least 5 hours on end without causing CTD's. However, random CTD's have a noticeable higher chance of ocurring if I do that.
   • Running other programs in the background (using the -ne switch): no problems, can easily switch back and forth, but a switch takes 1-2 seconds.
4. System oddities (inexplicable settings which improve system stability/performance)
   
   • None.
5. EB rating: 'smooth'.

Personally, I'd call this smooth for the simple reason that "yes, you'll see a noticeable peformance hit on EB, but not that it's like that everywhere you go and in fact most of the time it will not trouble you at all (on the campaign or battle map)". If you don't agree don't hesitate to post a line of reasoning why that doesn't merit the name "smooth", and if possible include 'targets' for a smooth system to meet so as to understand you better.