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lead man

My specs:

OS: Windows 7 x64
CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 220 Processor, 2.80 GHz
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
RAM: 3.00 GB

I'm using Dolphin 3.5 x64. Just about every game I've tried (Metroid Prime 2, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, Star Fox Assault, Super Mario Sunshine, Soul Caliber II) runs at 60% speed or less, 25fps or less. Here are my settings, let me know if I omitted anything important:

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And nothing is enabled in the advanced tab. Should I be expecting these games to run faster? I can smoothly run games like Skyrim, Black Ops 2, and Batman Arkham City on high settings...

EDIT: I forgot to mention background programs. I closed out all applications before trying to play, and even ran the emulator with Game Booster. Still no dice.
Quote:I can smoothly run games like Skyrim, Black Ops 2, and Batman Arkham City on high settings...
PC gaming performance rely on your graphic card power
Emulation is CPU dependent application . Your CPU is too old and slow for Dolphin
System Requirement

lead man

Ah, I see. Do you think overclocking my CPU would give me any significant speed boost, or is it a lost cause?
(04-15-2013, 02:59 AM)lead man Wrote: [ -> ]Do you think overclocking my CPU would give me any significant speed boost, or is it a lost cause?

It will help of course. But don't expect too much though