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Thanks for all the info guys, I've ordered a new PC that can run most of the demanding games such as Battlefield 3, FarCry 3, Crysis 3, those type of games, and upcoming games such as Battlefield 4, according to the game database website anyway. Thanks for the help though!

May i ask what the most demanding games your graphics card has been able to run well?

My current card is a ATI Raedon HD 3200, the one that came with the computer. I guess my price range would be around the £150 mark, I'm from England so it would be in pounds. And i tried all the resolution and geometry settings and it made no difference.

I bought SimCity the other week and i was not sure if it would run properly, my computer is relatively new (2-3 years old) but i have had problems with games before. I went to a website which would see if i would be able to run it and it said that i couldn't, it showed me the problem and it was in my graphics card, however it went into more detail and showed me 3 aspects of my graphics card, and it then siad that i met them all, so i thought it would be ok. I get into the game and the graphics were very very bad because there was stretched colours coming of mainly the roads and ruining the game. There are also large yellow blocks on the screen sometimes. I have attached a picture below of the SimCity graphics and also a sims 3 picture which is doing the same thing. Sims 3 was one of the first games i got for my computer and it ran perfectly when i got it but a couple of days ago i noticed it was doing the exact same things as SimCity, i have not tampered with my computer in any way since i got the computer. Can anyone suggest ways to improve this or would i have to buy a new Graphics card? If so can you suggest any good ones, preferable cheaper ones that are still good? PLEASE HELP!!! :'(