Best grapchics card for Motion?

I have a PowerMac G5 2 Ghz with 2Gb of RAM and the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 256 SDRAM.
The computer kind of 'struggles' when I am using Motion and the graphics get pretty choppy. With a $300-400 maximum budget what would be the best graphics card to purchase?
thanks!

Hey, Patrick! Good to hear from you.
Well, I've been busy with illustration assignments--finally got all the art for a kid's book out of here--and I spent a week recently down in Florida visiting my wife's 92-year old mother (lots of Early Bird Specials!). Then, I had to do some art for two animation projects that I've created with others doing the actual animation (one in cut-out, the other in 3D using Maya). But I am FINALLY about to get back to the animation project I'm assembling using Motion. So, I'm sure I'll be back here to pick the great Motion Master's brains.
Please say hi to Matt for me. I'd love to know what you are up to on his "feature". It's gotta be something superb.
Best Wishes,
-Elwood
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3) Dual 2 GHz G5 - 4.5 GB DDR SDRAM

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