Hmm. Well, I haven't tried the game yet (I will soon) but if shaders are on my graphics card won't handel it. Would you like a launcher for it to change the settings? I'll give you one if you want (you'll have to give me your e-mail though). I used it in the updated Hostile Enivronment Demo (which I think I never posted).
What graphics card do you have? Mine is an Nivida Geforce Fx 5200, which I've seen for $10 at Fry's nowadays

And a magazine I get says that it's terribly outdated or something (or maybe they said it just sucks?) If you have the same thing, how do you get shaders working?
EDIT: Nevermind, just read your sig
256 GRAPHIC CARD! Where'd you get it? Was it cheap? Or did it come with the computer?