Meh, I agree, I've really not had any issues running anything at 1920x1080 on this old beaten down system. If anything I just dont max the settings...I guess since I'm old and used to VGA, it doesn't bother me that much as long as I get decent frame rates.
I was actually going to make a new SB system, but with the recall I started a Virtual Pinball Cabinet project instead...the system I'm using for that rapes my actual gaming system lol.
I'll try looking at that tonight, I was in the main starting system with 30-60 ships around and it didn't seem to affect me. It wasn't until I went out to do missions that I noticed the lag with only 10-15 ships, but I could spin the ship view around no problem (definitely was lag).