Graphics cards available in the MacPro

I was just curious if anyone knows if Apple will provide any other option for the video cards in the MacPro (i.e. ATI Radeon cards)?
Most of the Autodesk products (3DSMax and Revit) require an ATI FireGL Pro card ...yes I run evil Win7 via Bootcamp (works great if you have to be in the evil Win environment!).
I am just considering buying the MacPro (vs. an ugly PC box of some kind) and was wondering if anyone has substituted the Radeon cards for another?
I've been using my MBPro17 for 2 years now (Bootcamp, Win7, Revit, etc) and it has worked like a champ (something I cannot say for the PC laptops in the office), so this has led to the desire to get another Mac instead of a PC to work in the Windows environment.
Thanks

A. Wrong forum. This is iMac, not Mac Pro ;-)
B. You always have the liberty of upgrading/adding another card in MacPros. It's as easy as a beige box.
Apple usually keeps it's BTO offerings to a minimum.

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