Elite system requirements - personal findings from Alpha

[Mace71]

Just to show it doesn't just run on more modern equipment, I have an i7 920, 6Gb of Ram and a 2Gb GTX 660 and I can run at 1920x1080 with everything on and all at high (except shadows at medium, didn't cause any problems but thought shadows aren't going to exactly play a major part in space) and it runs silky smooth. Only problems I have are network related, but its alpha

 

[Adept]

Just to show it doesn't just run on more modern equipment, I have an i7 920, 6Gb of Ram and a 2Gb GTX 660 and I can run at 1920x1080 with everything on and all at high (except shadows at medium, didn't cause any problems but thought shadows aren't going to exactly play a major part in space) and it runs silky smooth. Only problems I have are network related, but its alpha

This is very promising, though your graphics card is big step up from mine (1 GB 560Ti).

What is the clock-speed on that processor?

 

[jamieboo]

Just to show it doesn't just run on more modern equipment, I have an i7 920, 6Gb of Ram and a 2Gb GTX 660 and I can run at 1920x1080 with everything on and all at high (except shadows at medium, didn't cause any problems but thought shadows aren't going to exactly play a major part in space) and it runs silky smooth. Only problems I have are network related, but its alpha

Yep. Similar for me.
I have a i7 920 at stock speed (2.67ghz).
24gb RAM (I don't know if having this amount makes much difference)
And a HD5850 1gb.
1920x1080. Everything on Full (including shadows. In interesting contrast to you, shadows are probably my favourite part of the space game aesthetic - I hope they're improved a bit in later releases)
I'm only playing 1.1 so ctrl F doesn't bring up a FPS counter, and I can't be bothered with fraps, but everything seems pretty smooth!