Cannot install FCP X on Mac Pro (2,1). Graphics card issue.

I have a Mac Pro 2,1 (2 x 3 Ghz Quad Xeon, 16 GB RAM, and ATI Radeon X1900 XT (512 MB)) AND I cannot install FCP X. It says graphics card not supported. What do I need to run FCP X? If I need a better GPU, what card is recommended for this machine? It's hard to believe I can run the software on my Macbook Air but not my Mac Pro supercomputer...

Radeon HD 5770 (as inserted into the current MacPros) will do it. Make sure it's the unit bought from Apple, not a big box store.
Plenty of discussions about it, here's one:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2544029?start=0&tstart=0
Your "super computer" is more of a super computer than mine, but it did start life in 2007. Things have moved on... your MacPro isn't obsolete, by any means... in fact your original graphics card is probably just about to give up anyway! Mine did last year (I had an older card in a MP 1.1) and am glad I changed it.

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Model Identifier:    MacPro1,1
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Total Number Of Cores:    4
L2 Cache (per processor):    4 MB
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Boot ROM Version:    MP11.005C.B08
SMC Version (system):    1.7f10
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Type:    GPU
Bus:    PCIe
Slot:    Slot-1
PCIe Lane Width:    x16
VRAM (Total):    512 MB
Vendor:    ATI (0x1002)
Device ID:    0x7249
Revision ID:    0x0000
ROM Revision:    113-A52027-140
EFI Driver Version:    01.00.140
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