Quote: But can it really be ecause of my hardware? I am aware that emulating Gamecube games is stressful for the computer, but these should still be good enough to get a stable 30fps shouldn't it?Yes it should.
We have results on a FX 6300 from the Wind Waker Benchmark which is on stock clocks (3.5GHz).
According to benchmarks, the 6300 seems to have a 25% better single-threaded performance than the 6100 according to this source.
In the Wind Waker benchmark, the 6300 gets around:
for save 1: 50FPS
for save 2: 40FPS
for save 3: 67FPS
You should be getting around the following in a perfect scenario (approximately):
for save 1: 37-38FPS
for save 2: 30FPS
for save 3: 50FPS
I don't know what they used to get the 25% difference in performance so this might be way off.
Oh, you're also using a 32-bit OS. Get a 64-bit OS and 64-bit Dolphin and you should reach the numbers above.
When you've done that, please contribute to the Wind Waker Benchmark so we'll have data on your CPU.