Hi everyone
i'm so glad that you guys are here to help whenever someone has a problem. kudos guys, i really appreciate it
i know i've not been active here for a long time and that's because i've been busy with studies etc etc.
now, on to the problem. i had a PC which was capable of running gp3 flawlessly, but sadly, the motherboard of that pc died. i still have all my gp3 stuff, mods, belini tracks, etc. i'vve got it all. the problem is that i decided to build myself a new pc. and the other problem is that microsoft discontinued support for windows xp in 2014.
let me explain. i upgraded
from the following
motherboard: ECS GeForce6100pm-m2
CPU: AMD Athlon X2 5000
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 6150 onboard graphics
RAM: 4GB DDR2
to the following:
motherboard: Asus MA597 R2.0
CPU: AMD FX 6350 (6 core)
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6770
RAM: 8GB DDR3 (consair)
now, the problem is, i can't install windows xp anymore because all my product keys are 'apparently' invalid, according to microsoft, eventhough prior to 2014, i installed that xp at least twice with no problems (reformatted it a couple of times) and gp3 ran perfectly both times (those were the days)
now, i can't install xp, so i have to install windows 7. windows 7 hates gp3, and i can't get it to run smoothly at all, ive fiddled round with sound drivers, graphics settings (literally everything i could find in these forums). i got it to run decently in xp sp2 compatibility mode, but with the graphics settings turned way way down, to '6' on the slider thing. and even then PO was around 80%, and with a field of cars it went up to like 700% or something. very fluctuant though.
if i run the belini tracks, it's even worse. i can only get it to run decently at around 7 in the graphics settings, and i can't admire the beauty of the track and the time and effort which has been spent on those tracks. (i just get a bunch of grey buildings and very little detail).
i'm really stuck. i don't want to leave gp3. i mean, it's not like my pc is old, and it's not like my pc can't run the game. it's more than capable of running assetto corsa if i want it to. (google it if you don't know what it is. probably the next best thing after gp3 imo)
so, what should i do?
buying a second hand xp pc is out of the question, i can't do that i'm afraid
thanks in advance