ATI Radeon HD5770 in a Mac Pro?

A couple of months ago I upgraded my Mac Pro (early 2008) with a new graphics card, the ATI Radeon HD5770 (Apple version). It's been working fine on my MP with FCS3 and my system in general.
A week or two ago I purchased the Master Collection CS5.5 and I'm starting to work with Premiere Pro. Searching the Adobe site I just found that my nearly new (made-for-Mac) ATI card is not supported by Premiere Pro. What does that mean when I use PrP, After Effects, or any of the other Adobe products?
There are only two Adobe approved video cards sold by Apple. Both are over $1000.
What kinds of catastrophes should I expect if I continue to use my OpenCL ATI Radeon HD 5770 card with PrP, AE, or any of the other MC programs?
Thank you in advance for your help.

I thought it might affect other parts of the suite. In any event, I'll take your advice and post there.
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I have recently been having issues with one of my ATI Radeon 2600 XT Graphics cards - choppy graphics, artefacts appearing on the display and endless crashes of the OS.
I have read online about a recall program Apple did run which recalled these exact graphics cards, and after checking the serial number of the card in question, it does indeed match one of the 'bad' batch.
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Also, is it possible to use this card and the ATI Radeon HD2600 simultaneously on my computer? I have a USB card and a black magic HDMI in/out card I use for video already installed. Just want to make sure I won't pull too much power and overheat.
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<http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB571Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDA5OQ&mco=MjkyNjI0Mg>
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