I have a 800Mz Duron, onboard 8M graphics with 128M RAM 15GB HD with onboard sound laptop
and a 1.3MHz Duron, 128M Graphics, 80GB HD (can't remember soundcard its fairly average) desktop.
By running on both machines, I can check that my games run as smooth as possible on both, not too slow and not too fast.
Of course, running to the best specs available gets the most out of your projects, and is good for future-proofing (practically nothing commercial in 3d games runs on 8M graphics nowadays), but of course, you will need to cater for as many people as possible.
and a 1.3MHz Duron, 128M Graphics, 80GB HD (can't remember soundcard its fairly average) desktop.
By running on both machines, I can check that my games run as smooth as possible on both, not too slow and not too fast.
Of course, running to the best specs available gets the most out of your projects, and is good for future-proofing (practically nothing commercial in 3d games runs on 8M graphics nowadays), but of course, you will need to cater for as many people as possible.