Yup, discovered that the thing could actually take a gig in two 512-meg sticks. Works, too.

I got the gig of RAM and the PCI video card and it *does* work. As expected, the games play, albeit at a reduced frame rate, enough to keep me happy. The gig of RAM makes the overall system performance for desktop applications quite snappy, so I'm very happy with it.

Outstanding issue: Supposedly the thing is supposed to work the RAM at 400mhz, but it's not happening, the RAM is running at 266mhz. I wonder why.