Here's an idea for people running the same general computer. I have lost almost ALL hope in ATI and their drivers. I'm running Windows 2000, Radeon 9500 pro, 512 ram, AMD Athlon XP 2200 etc etc etc.........yeah the computers about a year and a half old now.
But that's not the point, my point is that when I first pieced this thing together, winamp would crash my machine. For the longest time I could not figure out what was going on. Games wouldn't run, apps would crash, and the system would randomly reboot itself. I couldn't even use IE. Then I discovered the Omega Drivers. Since installing the Omega drivers for my Radeon, things have settled down, not perfect yet, but we're getting there.
http://www.omegadrivers.net/
They're free, and all the guy who writes them asks is if you have a couple extra dollars hanging around, donate, or at least click on his sponsors.
I've had alot more luck running his drivers than anything ATI has put out in the last year and a half. Who knows Triplebla, maybe you'll be able to run C&C Generals.....