Graphics Card Replacement - Dual 2.7 Early 2005 - Which?

Hi all,
I feel bad for posting a new topic, as japamac and other users have addressed this question before, however, I'm confused!
My used Dual 2.7 Early 2005 G5 has the stock graphics card in it at the moment, as the 800XT that my dad had been using in it broke while he was doing some maintenance prior to giving it to me.
I want to replace the graphics card because:
-I like to stream videos, and it doesn't do it as well as I'd like.
-I play a lot of Civilization 4: BTS, and want to turn my graphics setting up w/o trashing performance.
-I want to edit RAW photos in Aperture (will upgrade to 3 soon) with shorter load times.
So which card would you recommend? I've been confused, as I believe the graphics slot is PCI-X (not express, I've got that one down), but a lot of the cards discussed in archival threads are 8x AGP. Perhaps the computer has both slots and I'm unaware? I feel further hampered by my lack of knowledge when the best source for this upgrade may/will be ebay.
Your advice is very much appreciated.
Gorf

Hi-
Your machine is 8x AGP graphics and accepts one 8x AGP compatible graphics card.
The other expansion slots are either PCI or PCI-X.
You are looking for a Mac compatible graphics card, with a minimum of a Radeon 9800 XT 256MB card needed for your uses.
A Geforce 6800 GT or Ultra would be better yet, and of course, the Mac X800XT is also a good candidate.

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