this makes no sense

so i buy the galactic civilization 2 ultimate edition. i take it out of the box, i install it, i pause to reflect on how wonderful this is going to be, then i proceed to hit the "play the game" button. and what greets my expectant little eyes?

a box appears on my monitor which says,"your video drivers may be too old to run galactic civilizations 2. installed video drivers must support microsoft direct x 9.0c, which means you must have a driver from at least2005 installed."

which would be acceptable if i were running some kind of dell dinosaur from the turn of the century, but i purchased my brand new bad-ass pc in late 2010, so im not understanding what the problem is. i run windows 7, i have the newest direct x and driver updates and what not. i had read on a blog someone said they had to get a windows vista dll file and put it somewhere. while being computer literate, i dont feel comfortable playing around with dll files. i learned he hard way that thats how you turn your magic box into a brick. if that is the solution than i find that unfair and unacceptable and would like a refund. why should i have to pay for the game and then modify bits of code or do any kind of work period to play?