You should definately overclock to atleast 3.0ghz since almost all intel core 2 duos go there pretty easily with boxed cooling.. You should be getting more fps than 8, maybe you should try the latest beta if you haven't already and enable speed hacks! Oh and try different compinations of plugins! ZeroSPU2 0.4.6 could work nicely for you..
http://www.pcsx2.net/downloads.php?p=publicbeta
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Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 @ 3.03Ghz
MSI NX8600GT Twin Turbo
Windows Vista 64bit Ultimate
2gb 800mhz
Last edited by Jamis; October 10th, 2008 at 22:42..