Is my laptop not good enough to run this game full speed?

[knocturne]

So i've got an Alienware M17x R3, the original default build for it.

CPU: Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 2.00 GH
RAM: 4GB
GPU: NVIDIDA GEFORCE GTX 460M

When i start Animal Crossing: City Folk it is playing at 100% speed with 60FPS, but then in game it often drops to 75% speed and when i do things like fishing and catching bugs it can even drop to 30% and get really choppy at parts. Am i doing something wrong?

[NaturalViolence]

Settings?
Revision?

[LordVador]

(12-03-2012, 08:16 AM)knocturne Wrote: CPU: Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 2.00 GH

You're doing nothing wrong but your CPU is just a bit weak for Dolphin

[NaturalViolence]

For animal crossing city folk that system is pretty strong.

[DefenderX]

Use the settings for best speed (link in my sig) and the official Dolphin 3.0 release to gain some extra speed.

[Zee530]

Also use realtemp to check your temps, your CPU maybe overheating.

[thomaswii]

your CPU clock speed is too low。
your CPU is i7 2630QM，turbo boost will just work a little time。
I think you can use “throttlestop" to adjust the CPU clock speed。

[NaturalViolence]

Turbo boost will work as long as you keep it cool and leave the power profile set to performance.