I would have only one wish: that the game creators could think about users of low-tech computers. Of course if a low-tech is AMD Athlon 1800+, 512MB RAM and... yeah, GForce 3 Ti.
Everything works fine,the game runs smooth...but without Pixel Shader the ships have no textures, I can't see the planets on map screen... I've been playing games with much bigger requirements and they ALWAYS had an option for playing on some lower graphic card or even a possibility to change the version of used Pixel Shader.
That's why I say that the game SUX