Help needed with graphics cards....

I'm looking to buy final cut studio 2 for my G5 Dual 1.8, i was recommended the AGP X800 Radeon graphics card, which is great!.... but. Getting hold of one is another story, as from what I've been told the company has been out of stock for 8 months, and it's really the only option in upgrading my machine.
So... I'm guessing I only have one option in terms of being able to use final cut studio, and that's to buy a more up to date machine, a mac pro. Which i don't mind doing. But will the graphics card supplied, ie a 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT, be enough for video work? i wouldnt be running any games, nor would I be dealing with colour, as i only shoot in black and white, it's more for motion. If it wouldn't suffice, can you recommend a decent graphics card for a Dual Core Intel Xeon 2.66GHz mac pro, which is probably what i'd go for.
Thanks!
Phil

For Final Cut Studio yu'd be mad not to upgrade to the ATi X1900 XT. The standard Nvidia 7300 GT just won't cut it.

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