(03-17-2014, 04:51 PM)Keigimice Wrote: Now I don't per-se have a high end laptop/pc, but I'm damn well positive I can run this game how it's intended to on this laptop.
Actually, not really. See below.
(03-17-2014, 04:51 PM)Keigimice Wrote: My FPS is at 27-28 and my VPS is 27-28. Pretty on par, but for some reason the game seems to be running in slow motion.
Nope. Far from par. Metroid Prime is supposed to run at 60 FPS for NTSC versions and 50 FPS for PAL versions. Either way, you're running the game almost as half as slow as it's intended to be played. Most consoles games, quite unlike modern PC games, have a set FPS that they need to run at. While something like BF4 can run at 20 FPS, 30 FPS, or 45 FPS and still look good to you, most GC/Wii games are designed to run at a set FPS. When emulating this, if you're not running the game fullspeed, you're running it in slow-motion.
(03-17-2014, 04:51 PM)Keigimice Wrote: SO, I started diggin' around some more online I seen some stuff on Yahoo, I've seen some stuff on these forums. To no avail I should mention. So I decided I'll make an account and ask for help on the forum, cause I mean..what else are forums for eh? You guys and your endless amounts of knowledge. :3 Anyways, I bet one of you geniuses could help me out, I really want to be able to play this master-piece once more. I'm not entirely inept at computers, but if you guys start goin' on about "1.21 Jigawatts" I'll be lost. Thank you in advance!
The straight answer is that your hardware is simply too slow for Dolphin. Some games in Dolphin have some serious hardware requirements. The Metroid Prime games are some of the more demanding games that you can play. Keep in mind that Dolphin relies heavily on single-threaded CPU performance, which your CPU does not provide enough of.