Slow down problems ff8

I've tried so many different settings for the emulator and I've tried Using Pete's OpenGL2 but nothing works that I've tried on it and I've tried older versions.

Here are my specs

It's a toshiba laptop
Intel Pentium Dual CPU T2390 @ 1.86 GHz
Memory: 2.00 GB
And my chip is Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset Family

I can get the game running fine but whenever I enter a battle it slows down pretty much to the point that it's unplayable. I was also unable to play FF IX without problems.