When you boot a game, Dolphin automatically sets the recommended settings so the game doesn´t have odd graphics/missing effects/crashes out of nowhere/etc.
Unfortunately, sometimes those settings (EFB to CPU Access, EFB Copies to Texture turned off, Bounding Box) can be quite taxing.
Then you have those games that are outright demanding even if they don´t need any specific settings (which is the case with NFS Carbon, and pretty much any EA game).
And then you also have an ultra-low voltage CPU model that doesn´t really help much... Too much stress for too long and the CPU will force its clock speed down (since it´s not meant for actual gaming).
Unfortunately, sometimes those settings (EFB to CPU Access, EFB Copies to Texture turned off, Bounding Box) can be quite taxing.
Then you have those games that are outright demanding even if they don´t need any specific settings (which is the case with NFS Carbon, and pretty much any EA game).
And then you also have an ultra-low voltage CPU model that doesn´t really help much... Too much stress for too long and the CPU will force its clock speed down (since it´s not meant for actual gaming).
Rig 1: Windows 10 Home | AMD A6-1450 @ 600/1000/1400 MHz | AMD Radeon HD Graphics 8250 | 4GB RAM | HP Pavilion TouchSmart 11.
Rig 2: Windows 10 Pro | Intel Core i7-2640M @ 780/2800/3500 MHz | Intel HD 3000 Mobile | 8GB RAM | Dell Latitude 6320.