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Specs are as follows

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (Dual Core at 2.2Ghz)
NVidia geforce 8600 gts (256mb)

PCSX2 works great, but I've accepted the fact that with my current (and olllllld) build, I won't be pumping out more than 35-45fps for actual gameplay sequences. (I've tweaked pretty much everything I can think of)

Basically I'm wondering, what would be more of a bottleneck, the cpu or the videocard? Or both?

I have an M3A motherboard I'm not looking to replace and I've been browsing over some inexpensive yet sizable upgrades for either:

Cpu: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.asp...6819103940

Videocard: http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_i..._id=038289

Thoughts and opinions?

both are quite weak, but pcsx is generally more CPU demading than GPU demanding, so your CPu is the problem here.
Going for a Phenom is good but not enough. You will get average speeds in most games.

Read the stickies to know more about the recommended specs

The cpu is alright for the price. If you overclock it a little you should get full speed in many popular titles.
That graphics card isn't worth paying for though. It has little to do with gaming ;p

Try this one instead:
http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_i...43_557_559&item_id=034048

the only weak point is the AMD phenom is the instrction set unless you must moved to intel-i it shall run almost no problems.