Et1331g-03w graphics card update

I have the et1331g-03w.
http://www.emachines.com/products/products.html?prod=ET1331G-03w
It has pci and pci express card slots
Power supply is 300 or less
I want to be able to play games on the computer. Currently I can play Left 4 Dead 2 on the computer at low settings, but I want to play something more like Battlefield: Bad Company 2. I pass all the requrements for the game other then the graphics card.
So my question is what graphics card (And power supply) should I get so I can get the best preformance.
Because at some point the cards are better then the CPU (AMD Athlon™ II X2 dual-core processor 235e (2.7GHz, 2MB L2 cache)) and it would be a wast to spend more money on a card that out preformes the CPU.
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This "requires" a 350watt PSU, but, you should be able to get by with a 300 as that's a pretty loose requirement.
I'm currently using one of these in a HTPC box and it does great. Mind you, it's NOT future proof, and won't make your head spin in games, but it's a decent upgrade.
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Sad to say but I am at this point where I think that I probably made a mistake to go for Mac.
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