Can I use my 7900GT in a MacPro?

I'm considering buying a MacPro and retiring my PC. I have a PCIe 7900GT, which out paces the 7300GT in the MacPro by a significant margin. Rather than fork over $250 for the X1900XT, can I just stick with the 7300GT, then swap out the cards when it arrives? I could then sell the 7300GT on eBay.

No. The cards used in the Mac Pro are specially made with an EFI boot ROM that's required to startup the Mac. Only the cards supplied by Apple will work. You can use the card separately with Windows if you install Boot Camp and the Windows drivers for the card.
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