sounds like justa color setting ordeal, like stilgar was getting to.
often times, when you upgrade yer pc in a major fashion (especially with a new graphics card or monitor), the display settings can default back to 800x600 resolution or 256 colors.
bump the resolution up to whatever you're comfortable with, and crank the colors up to atleast 16 mil (but go as high as possible!)
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