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luccaot

Anyone Can HELP ME? I want to play F-Zero GX, Zelda Wind Waker and Skyward Sword!!

My computer specs are these:

CPU: Core 2 Duo E7300
GPU: ECS Nvidia GTX 550 Ti
RAM: 4GB Kingston DDR3
OS: Windows 7 SP1 X86

Thanks!!!!
Get a better CPU. And a 64 bit OS.
64 OS is required to use dolphin at all. But your CPU *may* be fine for thin games like ZWW. But I doubt for F-Zero or SS.
I Had e7400 and this series overclocks pretty well. Mine was able to have stable 4GHz so try OC - each 100MHz is priceless in Dolphin Smile
And 64bit OS is a must.

luccaot

OK. I put my core 2 duo e8400 in my motherboard and installed Windows 7 Ultimate x64.
I can play F-zero, Zelda WW and SS at 55 frames and up with slowdowns sometimes.
Thanks for the fast reply!!
8400 is a nice "overclocker" as well - read some guides and overclock it - You will gain a lot of speed Smile
Yes overclocking is a must with a Core 2 Duo, you will be limited by the cpu, so 30% more cpu speed will result in about 30% more fps.

But even for Wind Waker, i'd say you need the right settings to play it smoothly.