Final Cut Pro HD 4.5 on a iMac G5, "missing AGP graphics card" ?

I know that this isn't supposed to work, but I used to be able to run FCP 4.5 on my iMac G5. Was running Tiger and FCP 4.5 both with the latest updates. Compressor and DVD Studio pro wouldn't open, but FCP was fine.
Recently, I did a clean install on my iMac G5 and now FCP wont open just like the rest of the suite because an "AGP graphics card is missing"
There must be some way around this if I did before.

I think this will help...
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/feedback/finalcut_pro_on_oldmacs.html
Patrick

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