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  1. Actually, the motherboard/BIOS should detect the PCI video card and automatically disable the integrated video (and not grab part of the memory). If it does grab the memory still, then I would recommend checking for an updated BIOS. The latest BIOS for the Dim2350 is version A02 from July 2003 (http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/...mp;fileid=70067). I definitely agree with using an existing PCI card instead of going out and buying one. While you can buy them still, the fact that not many people use them any more might actually drive the price up (since they are getting hard to find). If you don't have one, I'd recommend checking with whoever your "computer geek" friends are since, like me, they probably have a box of old hardware that they just haven't gotten around to throwing out. Larry Dell Customer Advocate
  2. While it probably won't make a huge difference on the Dimension 2350, adding a PCI video card should improve the performance of the system. From what you posted you already have the maximum memory supported by the motherboard, so adding more RAM isn't an option. The reason adding the video card would help is that the integrated video needs memory, and the only memory it has available is part of the 1Gb of RAM in the computer. At a minimum it will use 1Mb of memory. You can change that amount in the BIOS (F2 at the Dell splash screen when first powering on). The actual amount of memory used by the video card will vary depending on what you are doing and what Windows allows it to use. If you have any other questions about the system I'll be happy to answer them for you. Larry Dell Customer Advocate
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