Dual Layer or not

Hi
I bought a Mac Pro in June 2009. I need to burn an iDVD project onto DVD. After reading up a little on the DVD burner that came with my Mac Pro i went and ordered some 8xDVD+R DL.
However I'm not convinced I do have a Dual Layer DVD burner mainly due to the System Profiler listing -R, -RW under 'Disc Burning/DVD-Write:'.
The DVD Burner installed is a HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GH41N.
Can anyone tell me whether I need to install some software or recommend a Dual Layer DVD Burner that will do the job.
Thanks
Mark

OK, Whilst logged into the new Account an automatic update kicked in.
After a restart I logged back into my original account. When I took a look at the System Profiler/Disc Burner which previously had a cache of 0KB (see above discussion) I got this:
HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GH41N:
Firmware Revision: PQ05
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: To show the available burn speeds, insert a disc and choose View > Refresh
So as if by magic it is listing the correct information.
I am assuming this is due to creating another account, which picked up the correct framework of the optical drive, thus transferring it to my original account.
I don't suppose it matters how it happened, just that it did and that's a good thing right.
Anyway thanks to everyone for taking part in this thread. HAPPY BURNING.
Mark

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