That's a video card issue. Try updating your drivers for the Radeon 9600. That's an old card. I'm not sure if it has the hardware needed to run the game.
http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon96...pro/specs.html
I just went to that link and your video card only has shader model 2.0 hardware on it. I think the game needs shader model 3.0 hardware. The bad news is you can't run it now. The good news is it wouldn't cost much to upgrade to a graphics card that could run the game well.