Does the Ati Radeon X800XT Mac edition  fit the G5 quadcore?

Hi all still looking to find a way to upgrade from my 6600 (should have done when ordering my quad)
So i want to update to the Ati X800XT
Mac edition, but does it fit???
Any help or other suggestions welcome
Cheers
Reginald

The X800 is AGP
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/6254001/wo/if3ga K1GaCv22zmC3yA1Z5FwMuG/5.PSLID?mco=632AACF5&nplm=TC534ZM%2FA
You have a choice of the PCI-Express cards discussed here
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=400773&tstart=0

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