As for the graphics, there actually really good lol.. umm got to the performance section of the options menu, and the bar that says quality or performance, should be on set on balanced or high quality as opposed to high performance which in fact lowers the graphic quality dramatically. Also, your video card must be pretty good to see the graphics at there full potential. Otherwise, they may just look as bad as you say they do... but trust me.. they are not bad at all.. in fact they are some of the best graphics ive ever seen... EVER!