Final Cut wont work on a G5?

Maybe some one can help me... I have final cut pro hd.. I installed it on my mac and when i went to start it up it said that it could not because I did not have an agp card... I have the pci express...
I called apple before I purchased the G5 and asked them if Final cut would work and they assured me that it would.
Does anyone know how to make this work?
Mac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

as rule, we should all try to use the SEARCH function before posting to avoid endless repetition ...
#29: Need AGP Graphics card
Shane's Stock Answer #29
You either need to either:
1) use the following hack -
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/feedback/finalcut_pro_on_oldmacs.html
or
2) Upgrade to FCP 5
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302667
thanks go to Shane Ross
cheers
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