I did renamed it and FPS was the same. And please, describe how does it "cripple" it then.
It doesn't need to be 1280x1024 minimum. What makes you think that? How is that a requirement?
I'm running two programs stressing the GPU quite a lot, Furmark at 640x480 + ATI Tools is enough to test stability and is more that what most people do to test it. No need for 1280x1024, even if I did change the res the result is the same, just lower fps.





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