edit:
Okay so after returning the Radeon card I bought and getting an Nvidia GeForce GTX650, my computer is working perfectly. Windows searched and installed the drivers I needed (at least I think), but when I tried to use the CD that came with the product, I get this:
but when I look in device manager, it seems that all the drivers are installed properly, and when I use
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/ to see if I can run games I've been interested in, I get a pass on all of them when before they would have been failures. Can I just assume Windows grabbed the right drivers and that I shouldn't rock the boat, or is this going to come back and bite me in the ass later?