GeForce 7300 GT on 1.8 Ghz Power Mac?

I've got a spare GeForce 7300 GT coming off a Mac Pro tower. I cannot seem to find in depth information whether this card will work on a Power Mac 1.8 Ghz Dual tower.
If not, does anybody know of a decent trade to which I can trade the GeForce card for a substitute that would work on the 1.8 Ghz Power Mac?
I'm just trying to upgrade the video card on the 1.8 Ghz as well as getting a second monitor hooked up to it.
Any help and or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. TIA

Steve Boultbee wrote:
Whatever you end up getting, either through purchase or trade, make sure you get an AGP card. While you could stick in a PCI graphics card, it will be significantly slower than your existing FX5200.
I was thinking the same thing. I thought about posting an ad in eBay for the 7300GT but I'm having a hard time deciding on what to start the bidding cost at and what to use for a "Buy It Now" option. I'm hoping to generate enough change so as to at least get a 128 mb video card replacement. Or maybe have to cough up $20 more for a 256 mb video card replacement which would be nicer. You know, my 256 mb for another 256 mb. I get the feeling that isn't going to happen without having to fork over a bit more cash.

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I am running a first gen. 1,1 Mac Pro 2 x GHz Dual-Core with 18 GB Ram.
I have two 30"-Cinema Display connected to two NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT.
Will I recognize more speed by upgrading to a single Radeon HD 5770?
I know that this upgrade would cost me an Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link-DVI-adapter, too.
I am mainly working with Apple Logic Pro.
Regards
Philipp

Visit Bare Feats and look for their various GPU benchmarks from when the 5770 was first released. The 5770 will perform better than the 7300, but it will not achieve its maximum capabilities in your model because your Mac Pro only has PCIe 1.0 slots.

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