8800GT + 1st gen MP = PROBLEM

I ordered the 8800GT kit for older Mac Pro's from Apple store, and it has been installed 1 week. Running updated 10.5.2, by the way. Everything seemed fine for the first few days. My normal mode of operating is to 'sleep' the MP when done, and wake it with a key hit. I'll go weeks at a time without powering off/on. Oh, replaced a perfectly good X1900.
What normally happens with the 8800GT upon waking is, the card fan runs full speed for 10 seconds or so, then down to 'idle' and everything is working as expected.
A few days ago, I hit a key to wake, the 8800 fan comes on full speed as always, only it stays on full, and there is no video - the monitor stays black in sleep mode. After many minutes, I finally held down the power button to turn off, and then turned back on. It seemed to boot and work properly again.
But now it is happening every other day upon waking, 8800 card fan stays on full, there is no video, and I have to do a power reset.
Anyone else had a problem like this? In the meantime, I've put the old X1900 back in and will sleep/wake all day today to make sure it is not some other hardware problem that has surfaced coincidentally. So, anyone else?
John F

here a general update to whom it may concern
my latest reply from a apple product specialist how was very good and helpful but only
give me this to my upgrade answer !
i want to upgrade my graphic card to 8800 and run tiger on my 1st gen macpro
here it goes:
"This article indicates what cards are supported in what machines: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305346
Your Mac Pro is the first generation, and did not have PCI-Express 2.0 slot like the current generation does have.
Unfortunately, we don't foresee the release of any drivers for the 10.4 OS on this machine.
In regards to the second issue, we also don't support two video cards in two slots, using a different one for eash OS, there is no supported way to do this."
"Unfortunately, the latest version of the Mac Pro will not run Tiger, as it was manufactured after the release of Leopard, therefore the drivers for the machines hardware will not be available on Tiger."
hope thats cleared some ones Q.
now my Q. IS the 1900xt better then the 7300xt and is the 8800 so much better then the 1900
with priority set to applications not gaming ?
thx
kindly
S.

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