30" cinema display and dual 1.25GHz G4

I am trying to determine if my Power Mac G4 (dual 1.25GHz) will work with a 30" cinema display screen.
What specifications does one need to study to see if there's a match?
Grant.

Since the G4 is an AGP machine, no amount of shoehorning is going to get a PCIE 4500 in there, so ignore that idea.
What you need is a Dual Link card. There was a 9600 "Mac and PC" Edition card sold that should work in that machine and run that display. You might be able to find this somewhere. A regular PC one will NOT work.
There are flashed 6600 cards for AGP but I don't know anyone selling them now.
An Nvidia 7800GS can work for what you want. Look on Ebay, Bruinmacs in US, Mr. MacMods in AU, and Local338 in Hong Kong are good sellers. Be sure to specifiy that you have a G4 MDD.

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http://everymac.com/systems/apple/powermacg4/stats/powermac_g4450.html
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