Mortal Kombat games: Is there any way to fix "FIFO is overflowed by GatherPipe!"...

[WarMasterXX]

...without having to disable Dual-Core?

I have three low-end computers (2 desktop, 1 laptop). With Dual-Core off, the games are still somewhat playable on the desktops, but too slow to even bother with on the laptop.