Yapp, on my Toshiba NB200 netbook (Intel Atom 1.66 GHz, 1 Gb RAM, Intel 945 videocard) and on my working machine (Pentium IV 3 GHz, 1.5 Gb RAM, video - Intel 82915G/GV/910GL) I use "Best Performance" settings. On my home machine (AMD Athlon 64 x2 3600+, 3Gb RAM, GeForce 9600 GT) I use Windows 7 with Aero and Mint Linux with Compiz enabled.

try to disable DEP