G5 Quad Video Upgrade...

Greetings to all!
Here's my situation.
I've currently got a 23" Cinema display, and two 19" Viewsonic displays (left/center/right, basically).
My Quad has a 7800 card in it as CTO'd from the factory.
Eventually, I might upgrade to a 30" display, and still use one of the 19" units (the other going on a Mac Pro).
Regardless, I need another PCIe Graphics Card.
What's the best way to go about this? I'm completly aware that Apple doesn't offer seperate parts like this (although I'm sure the Part Number for a service replacement is in that service manual I've got) to your Average Joe/consumer.
I believe the Quad only has one PCIe Power header on the logic board (and is thus taken up by the 7800).
I'd like to get a good card- something that I can throw C4D, CS2, or Flash at and get nice results, but I certainly don't expect to play Quake 4 on the secondary (that's for the 7800 ).
Cheers!
SC

The options are:
1. Order the 7800GT when you buy the computer.
2. Buy a 7800GT from an Apple Authorized Service Provider such as WeLoveMacs.com, but, as a service part, it'll cost you more than twice what it would have in Option 1.
3. Purchase a PC 7800GT and pay someone at the StrangeDogs.com forums to flash it with Mac firmware.

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