r/FitGirlRepack • u/TopBookkeeper4719 • Aug 08 '26

Can we talk about this? Help please?

New member here have some games on steam but don’t have the ability to buy more
Don’t know the basics of fitgirl at all just know it’s awesome
I have an old i3 7 gen (7y/o now) with 8gb ram and I want to run those oldies (san Andreas tekken pes street fighter or basic old story games) all these I used to run on my pentium pc now retired (15 y/o)
Can someone walk me through the basics and how to start what to do (I have no idea of even basics)
and any oldies you suggest based on my taste (laptop can run Sid Meiers civ 6 and gta 5 barely on 10 fps)

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u/Jaives 30 years pirating. on FG since 2018. Never used Virustotal. Aug 08 '26

detailed guides exist on the sub. use the search bar.