30 Inch Cinema Display with 5 Year old G5 Tower!

I'm trying to get the 30 inch apple cinema display to work with the G5 that i've had for about 5 years. it won't push up to the required resolution and i just can't switch the cable to the other slot. is there a solution. can i even use this monitor with that older machine? please advise.

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You need a dual link DVI port equipped graphics card to drive the 30" at optimal resolution.
What graphics card is currently installed?

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