About the 512 video card

HI:
I recently asked a question about RAM and I was told that putting more wouldn´t really speed up things like rendering and stuff. I have 5GB. I was wondering since they sell now in México the upgrade for video card online.
I have the custom 200 and something card that came with 2.66ghz mac pro and I was wondering if I install the 512 card would it really bust up speed in FC?
They would work together or only one would be the default card leaving the other only to use displays?
Well any other pointer in making things faster without having to buy a new computer would be nice
Thanks in advance.

Hi, David;
I guess I should have been more specific.
This is my actual video card
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT:
Modelo de chipset: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
Tipo: Pantalla
Bus: PCIe
Ranura: Slot-1
Anchura de canal PCIe: x16
VRAM (total): 256 MB
Fabricante: NVIDIA (0x10de)
ID del dispositivo: 0x0393
ID de la revisión: 0x00a1
Revisión de la ROM: 3008
Pantallas:
and this is what I am thinking of buying
http://store.apple.com/001-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/mexicostore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco= MTM5NzU3&fnode=home/shopmac/macaccessories/displays&nplm=MB560Z/A
Do you mean that I could get the rendering faster if I buy this card?

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