Fps problem with windows 7

Yes, don't know how to do.. today i'll try to another partition with win xp

but check winxp-drivers first!! -could be that they are not available
(chipset, gcard, soundcard)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/06/2013 01:26PM by pirx.

Under win xp all works perfectly and smooth! =D

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Did anyone ever slove this problem?
I think I've tried everything and I'm getting nowhere.
Would really like a sollution because my old XP pc is rather unstable.

a xp-partition beside your win7 could do it...means running both on one PC. "partition magic" would be a tool for that, if you wanna keep your existing OS. but be careful, you would have to make dangerous operations for your win7...we could help.

I don't want to go the dualboot route. It's risky, probably not a good idea on an SSD and I will hardly ever use it.
I've just ordered a cheap Nvidia videocard and i'm hoping that will fix the problem.
Installing an old fx5200 card in my XP pc gave me a nice performance boost. And that's strange since the HD3650 is much more powerful.
And on both my PC's I have that strange purple ring around the tires so there is definitely something wrong with the HDXXXX cards/drivers.

first try to solve that PO, the purple ring is an easy fix : updating the tyre bmp is all you need to do, i guess

FYI: The purple ring went away when using an old Nvidia card. (No bmp's were changed)

The purple ring is ATI related as far as I know.

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FYI: I've installed a Nvidia card and the game calibration is now running below 60% at full resolution and details. The pink rings however are still there

Tip: Just paint the pink areas on the tyre bitmap black.. (you can do some experiments with the graduation of the black colour)

I had the same problem on my Windows 7 machine: GP3-2000 was running super slow and was unplayable. Also, Windows XP was no option because the mainboard type was not supported anymore. I wasn't able to install it. To get GP3 running faster, I tried your tips, which made it not significantly better, like "Esse" said:

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Esse
Uplayable again, but better! 10 fps, not more 1!
At least now i've seen the car start! You are on
the right way! =D

To solve my problem, I tried different graphic cards on my PCI-Express slot. The one that didn't work was my ATI RADEON HD 4350 with 1270 MB of Memory. I tried so many different options, game settings, patches and programs, like that dgVoodoo, which was nothing more than voodoo magic. So I swapped the graphic card to a passive cooled NVIDIA GEFORCE 8400 GS with 1270 MB. It worked without problems and laggs, the first time I started GP3. I also tested an active cooled RADEON X300/X550/X1050 (produced by Asus) with 1024 MB which was also running a very smooth GP3.
I can't make any prediction, which cards will work: Manufacturer and cooling system seems to have no effect. So if you have replacement parts, use them and try them out.

Birs Wrote:
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> I had the same problem on my Windows 7 machine:
> GP3-2000 was running super slow and was
> unplayable. Also, Windows XP was no option because
> the mainboard type was not supported anymore. I
> wasn't able to install it. To get GP3 running
> faster, I tried your tips, which made it not
> significantly better, like "Esse" said:
>
> Uplayable again, but better! 10 fps, not more 1!
> At least now i've seen the car start! You are on
> the right way! =D
>
> To solve my problem, I tried different graphic
> cards on my PCI-Express slot. The one that didn't
> work was my ATI RADEON HD 4350 with 1270 MB of
> Memory. I tried so many different options, game
> settings, patches and programs, like that
> dgVoodoo, which was nothing more than voodoo
> magic. So I swapped the graphic card to a passive
> cooled NVIDIA GEFORCE 8400 GS with 1270 MB. It
> worked without problems and laggs, the first time
> I started GP3. I also tested an active cooled
> RADEON X300/X550/X1050 (produced by Asus) with
> 1024 MB which was also running a very smooth GP3.
>
> I can't make any prediction, which cards will
> work: Manufacturer and cooling system seems to
> have no effect. So if you have replacement parts,
> use them and try them out.

if you are having severe fps drops and lag, one thing that worked for me on windows 7 is to put the rain chance over 25%, don't set it to automatic.

hope that helps