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Howdy.
I'm running on an XP 32-bit, Amd Athlon 64 Single core, and nVidia 8400 GS.
When running games, the framerate plummets to 10 and the sound gets all scratchy.
Is my PC too weak, or is there something I'm missing?
Yes your PC is far too weak to run PCSX2 smoothly. Better stick to your PS2 until you can upgrade to a more powerful PC.

If you really want to try and get a few more (insignificant) FPS though, make sure you're using the latest PCSX2 version, native resolution, lowest sound settings, run from ISO image instead of a disc, use all recommended speed hacks, experiment with EE Cyclerate and VU Cycle Stealing levels.
Recommended
* Windows Vista / Windows 7 32bit/64bit
* CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 3.2ghz or better
* GPU: 8600gt or better
* 1gb RAM (2gb if on Vista / Windows 7)

I'd actually recommend a good bit better even Tongue2