Graphics card upgrade question.

Im looking to purchase one of the newer Mac Pro models and was wondering if I were to buy a differnt graphics card (ex: Geforce GX2 9800) what kind of problems would incouter or would i have to make any modifications or software tweaks? Would i see a difference in performance in OSX as i would with windows?
A general guide to swapping GPU's would be nice, cant really get a straight answer with the search.

http://ati.amd.com/products/radeonhd3800/macpc/index.html
http://eshop.macsales.com/Item_XLR8YourMac.cfm?ID=10876&Item=ATI100435928
http://www.barefeats.com/harper18.html

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