Uninstalled, downloaded DirectX 9.0b, still no patches, the problem isn't solved.

I took a DirectX Test and could email that to someone here who knows more about it.

<t> Hi, just bought the game.<br/>
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I'm running it under Win 98 on a Pentium MMX 300Mhz with 256 MB of ram.<br/>
I'm using a S3 Trio3D videocard updated with the latest driver I've found on the net.<br/>
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I'm using the DirectX 8.1 that comes with the game.<br/>
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