CS4 graphics card

Just installed CS4 on my 2005 Power Mac G5 and evidently my graphics card does not support open gl. Any suggestions for a new graphics card?

Thanks Anne. I missed those.
Now all I can say is CRAP!
Not overly worried about a couple of the items but the crashing will get to me :)
Display card: NVIDIA GeForce 7300GT
Issue: When you resize a window using keyboard shortcuts, Photoshop crashes.
Solution: Turn off Enable OpenGL Drawing, and make sure you're using the most recent version of the display driver.
Issue: Photoshop freezes when you zoom in on an image and try to move the image.
Solution: Check for an update display driver, or turn off Enable OpenGL Drawing.
Looks like I'll need a new card, get used to crashes or simply not benefit from the GPU items.
Thanks Chris!
I'll hold off on the 8800 for a bit and hope for an Apple update soon. Not that money on an 8800 would be wasted. hmmm.....

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