I upgraded my comp with this game as the reason and bought the collectors edition and the book. It just won't work, i've tried everything there is i just don't know why it won't work.

It says; Direct x errror, make sure you video card meets the minimum requirement (It does) make sure you do not have hardware acceleration disabled (I've tried all the setting for it none work) Make sure the latest direct x is installed(it is and i've tried upgrading it and downloading it again.

I have:

2.8ghz Processor
256mb video card (i spent £130 on this :( )
1 Gig Ram (£30 )

I've bene makign progress however first the game wouldn't start now i can play for about 10-15 minutes before it crashes.
It had ten listed errors now only two, these two: