How to upgade from gt 120 to newer video card.

Hi,
I have a Macpro 4,1 with sx 2.26 quad core proccessors, 10 gb of memory and a Gt 120 that seems to be dieing. I understand that with the 10.8.3 updates and beyond apple has added support for many new graphics cards. I was wondering if there were any besides the ones sold by apple that would work in my mac as a plug and play upgrade. I want to get something to play some newer games as well as do video editting but not something that will break the bank. I was speciffically looking into the xfx Radeon HD 7850. I am should also note that i need something that can also drive a 50 inch 1080p display as that is what I am using as a monitor. I was hoping to get help from people here as I am fairly new to macs in terms of upgrading hardware.
Thank You,
Steve

1080p display is a cinch. Anything can do that.
For older Macs, the Apple-firmware 5770 , about US$250, is the recommended card, but yours can drive a faster card.
Anything that is not a "Mac Edition" or specifically says EFI-firmware comes with a caveat:
does not show Startup screens, Installer screens, Debug screens, or Alt-Boot screens -- at all, ever.
In addition, some cards available today require an 8-pin aux cable or an 8-pin Plus a 6-pin (your Mac has two 6-pin Aux connectors only)

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