Think I read somewhere that you wanted to know how long it took to load a huge galaxy with everything dense and many minor races... if not then sorry for this post.

Game load time: 25 seconds.
1st Turn Time: 4 seconds.
6th Turn Time: 6 seconds.
10th Turn Time: 5 seconds.

Gear:
Windows XP Home Edition SP2
MOBO: Gigabyte
CPU: Intel Pentium D 3 GHz
GPU: GeForce 7600 GT 256 MB RAM
RAM: 4 GB DDR2-667

Yes, I like to hear performance numbers from various users. Those times are exactly what I would expect, thanks .