Indeed.
The only issue with that is without playing in 1280x1024 the game just doesn't look right because UIs and model scale are built graphically for that type of resolution depiction so you can't knock yourself down to the lower resolutions for full size quality without loosing actual playability with the UI.
So it's a dual core with a high-end 2500+ resolution screen to get the half-size file that is comparable to the full size your looking for.
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