500 GB Hard Drive Limit, Is it true?

I have a Mac Pro 2x 3.0 Dual Core which I purchased about 1.5 years ago (MacPro1,1 Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor Speed:3 GHz)
I remember when I purchased it the specs said 500GB drive was the max supported so I put 4 of them in. Now I have one drive that is starting to go bad. I see 1 TB drives are in the 100 dollar range and I was wondering if the 500 GB limit is set in stone, or if I put a 1 TB or 1.5TB drive in my machine will it see it? (I am hoping a OS or Firmware update would bypass this limit)
Thanks

There is no limit. 500gb was the max available at the time. Many, many people are using larger than 500 gb drives, and I have the same machine as you so include me in that.
PS WD has a 2.0Tb drive in testing...

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