Graphics card from G4 to Mac Pro Can it be done?

I' a proud owner of a Mac Pro!
I'm tring to install the Geo Force that came with with my G4 Quicksilver in to my Mac Pro to use as a 2nd monitor,i can't figure out how to install the card somebody out there i hope knows it should be easy to pop it in.
sknoxx

You cannot use a PCI graphic card in a Mac Pro. Only PCI-Express cards may be used in the Mac Pro. The only graphic cards that you can use in the Mac Pro with OS X are those from Apple. Non-Apple provided cards will not contain the special EFI Boot ROM required to boot OS X. So the card from your G4 is not usable in the Mac Pro. However, the card that came with your computer supports dual monitors so there's really no need for a second video card.
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