PCSX2 Framerate Tanking

[VirusVox]

Hello!

I recently got a new laptop (Alienware, i7-8750H @ 2.21 GHz (Hex Core), 16 GB RAM, GTX 1070 Ti 8 GB), and for whatever reason PCSX2 is absolutely tanking. It would run fine on my old Desktop (i5-2400, 16 GB DDR3 RAM, GTX 1050 Ti 4 GB), but it's absolutely tanking here. I am trying to emulate Spongebob Squarepants Battle for Bikini Bottom, a game in which I tested on my old desktop and would hold steady at 100%, occasionally dipping to 85% in high load areas (the Kelp Forest, for example). Here I can't stick higher than 60%, and that's just in the menus for the game. Anyone know what's up?

EDIT: I am noticing the EE is maxing at 100%; what's up with that? I've read that's the CPU usage, and it's maxing out almost the whole time. Would anybody happen to know why?

Thanks!

[pandubz]

If the EE percentage is at 100%, that means your CPU has no more CPU time to give to the EE thread. Have you checked that your power settings are set to High Performance?

[VirusVox]

If the EE percentage is at 100%, that means your CPU has no more CPU time to give to the EE thread. Have you checked that your power settings are set to High Performance?

I am only seeing 'Balanced' available as a power plan in my power settings. Am I looking in the wrong place or something?

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I am only seeing 'Balanced' available as a power plan in my power settings. Am I looking in the wrong place or something?

Found it in the Alienware Command Center. Set it to High Performance, will reply back after testing it out.

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It is still tanking down to 50-60% speed upon advancing the menus.

[VirusVox]

I am absolutely dumbfounded. The laptop was half-plugged in, and for whatever reason that was limiting the CPU to 0.8GHz processing power. Issue solved, I guess. Thanks for the help though!

[gtgamer468]

That happens in every gaming laptops. I'm actually using one right now at the moment and it happens to my laptop as well. I only game more intense games like Gran Turismo in PCSX2 with my PC plugged in and take it out for games that don't require much resources.