The i5 2410M is stronger in regards to single-core speeds than the X4 945 at stock speeds.
Try overclocking the X4 945 and see if you can get any higher fps.
Use one of the latest dev builds.
Try this on both computers:
1) Update drivers, Windows updates, DirectX Web updater, and latest version of Visual C++
2) Make sure under Power Management in Windows you're running in High Performance. Also, make sure you have a high performance profile set in Catalyst Control Center/Nvidia Control Center (the drop-down window in Dolphin doesn't always work the best)
3) Use the OpenGL backend on one of the latest dev builds, as it is faster than D3D. The recent addition of buffer_storage on the latest dev build makes OpenGL the fastest backend.
Try overclocking the X4 945 and see if you can get any higher fps.
Use one of the latest dev builds.
Try this on both computers:
1) Update drivers, Windows updates, DirectX Web updater, and latest version of Visual C++
2) Make sure under Power Management in Windows you're running in High Performance. Also, make sure you have a high performance profile set in Catalyst Control Center/Nvidia Control Center (the drop-down window in Dolphin doesn't always work the best)
3) Use the OpenGL backend on one of the latest dev builds, as it is faster than D3D. The recent addition of buffer_storage on the latest dev build makes OpenGL the fastest backend.