Final Cut 7/Mountain Lion/GPU

Hello all,
So currently I am running FCP7 and FCPX on my Mac Pro using Snow Leopard. I'm in need of a GPU uprgrade but a lot of the newer cards require OSX 10.8 (I'm not sure why). I would like to keep using FCP7 AND upgrade my card... but I know there can be issues upgrading to OSX 10.8 and using FCP7.
Any thoughts out there? Why do the GPU's require OSX 10.8? What if I install one of these cards while running OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard?
Jim

And what Mac Pro 65lb tower are you upgrading?
And what graphics card is in it now?
How many displays? Any over 1920 wide?

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