Intel Xserve and Final Cut Pro - Is this possible????

I want to purchase a new Intel-based Xserve to help render Compressor projects for us. I plan to create watch folder on it and such and hook it up to an XRaid. However, I would like to rely on this machine for backup encoding from DV sources. Question: Is it possible to install (and run) the new Final Cut Pro Studio on these servers? I know FCP is picky about the graphics card. I read that the Xserve comes stock with an ATI Radeon X1300 w/ 64 MB ram. Also I see that a 256 MB upgrade is available. The X1300 is a PCI Express-based graphics card, which FCP states as it's minimum requirment, however the X1300 is not listed on Apple's FCP site as a supported card. Does anyone know if this is just an over-sight or is the X1300 just not enough muscle for FCP?

I just know that FCP Studio runs a script to determine if you can install the package before the install begins. If the FCP Studio installer does not like the graphics card, you won't be able to continue the install. This is what I ran into with older Xserves (with cheap PCI graphics cards). It seems Apple *may have* corrected this issue by making the PCI express card stock. Or am I assuming too much????

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