Mac Pro 1,1 GFX upgrade advice

My PS3 BR drive died and, seeing as Sony won't be seeing a single cent from me ever again, I'd like to upgrade the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 256 MB in my 2007 Mac Pro.
I'm running Lion but I've not looked into PC GFX cards ever since i bought a G3 iBook all those years ago so I'm not sure what to get. I run Lion and I hear some cards are supported out of the box without having to pay through the nose for the official Apple versions. I also hear that, because of the limitations of my machine, some cards won't operate at their full potential.
Can anyone recommend a card? 5770s are supposed to be OK, 6870s better - but can my Mac take advantage of the extra power? I'm also bewildered by the different brands, are they all the same, performance-wise?
I'm looking to use the card for gaming and it would be great if someone could recommend a card for around $150, maybe more if the performance would be worth the extra. I run two DVI displays but a third HDMI would be nice to add at some point.
Thanks guys!

I bought the cables and an XFX 6870 and installed last night. It works in Lion fine apart from a few issues. Obviously, no boot screen but that's a non-issue for me, I rarely need to reboot and even when I do, I don't need to see a boot screen.
When I first booted the displays wouldn't give me a dock or menu bar, it seemed that the mac had decided that the 7300 was the primary display even though nothing was plugged in. cmd+F1 fixed that issue.
Other issues - Batman Arkham Asylum won't run without the old 7300 card in slot 4. It's not even hooked up to a display but if I take it out, the game crashes straight after running.
FIFA 12 crashes regardless which is a pain that's one of the reasons I bought the card. Oh well. Other games run fine. With the 7300 in, Arkham Asylum runs very smoothly on maxed out setting, stunning looking.
Anyway, my advice, if you're buying this for gaming on a 1,1 Mac - check compatibility first if you can. It's an unsupported card at this point so I doubt it's a priority for developers to check compatibility until new Mac Pros (hopefully) can ship with an Apple-branded 6xxx card in them.

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and uncheck both boxes marked
Open Bluetooth Setup Assistant at startup if...
Step 4
Reset the SMC.
Step 5
Boot in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. Note: If FileVault is enabled on some models, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t do this. Post for further instructions.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal. Don’t launch any applications at first. If sleep still doesn’t work properly, back up all data and reinstall the OS. After that, if you still have the issue, make a “Genius” appointment at an Apple Store to have the machine tested.
If sleep now works as expected, go on to the next step.
Step 6
Still in safe mode, launch the usual set of applications that are running when you have the problem, including your login items, one at a time, testing after each one. Some applications may not work; skip them. You might be able to identify the cause of the problem this way.
Step 7
If sleep is still working after you’ve launched all the usual applications, reboot as usual (not in safe mode) and test again. If sleep still works, you’re done, at least for the moment.
If you still have the sleep issue after booting out of safe mode, post again.

Mac pro 5,1 RAM Upgrade

I am planning to give my Mac Pro (Mid 2010) another RAM upgrade. As the official Kingston/Crucial DIMMs do not include 16GB DIMMs, I think of choosing Kingston Value RAM: ECC Registered (3x, 16GB, DDR3-1600, DIMM 240). Has anyone here in the forum tried these?
Thanks for your comments.

The biggest official Kingston part is KTA-MP1333/8g which is a single 8GB module.
For 16GB modules the main criteria are that
It must be registered memory - not buffered, this is more because there aren't any 16GB buffered DIMMS
You cannot mix registered and buffered so any other existing memory left fitted must also be registered, as it happens you are supposed to not mix 16GB with smaller sizes anyway
It should be 1333Mhz DDR3 although in theory 1066Mhz DDR3 would work, again I don't believe there are any 16GB 1066Mhz DIMMS
It should be ECC (error correcting)
CL9
The presence of a Thermal Sensor is apparently not compulsory, i.e. memory without it will work in a Mac Pro.
I have not used any 16GB DIMMS myself but other than OWC as per the link provided by Illaass, the following might be suitable
KVR13R9D4K4/64i - this is a kit of 4 x 16GB and this article has a post from someone who says they worked for them http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1493588
If you can find a kit of 2 x 16GB of the same type then logically they should also work, they would probably be KVR13R9D4K2/32i. As a reminder to do 64GB or more you need dual processors. The single processor model Mac Pro 2010 is limited to 48GB.
See http://www.kingston.com/datasheets/KVR13R9D4K2_32I.pdf

Acrobat 9 fails to recognize (scanner) Epson Artisan 730 after Mac Pro and Mountain Lion Upgrade

I had no problems scanning from the Epson Artisan 730 all in one until I upgraded my Powermac G5 to a mid-2010 Mac Pro with Mountain Lion 10.8. The printer is installed with most recent drivers from Epson (the install disk will not work on 10.8 anyway). I can scan directly from the Print and Scan system preference under the scan tab of the printer and it prints fine from Acrobat. When I go to Document -> Scan to PDF, it brings up a dialog box in which the first input is box is Scanner: "Please select a device" with up and down arrows on the right. When I click on the up and down arrows, there are no selection options other that "Please select a device" with a check mark next to it. This printer is wireless, as is another Canon which also has a scanner and neither appear as available. Very frustrating. I have repeated the instalation process (for the Epson downloaded driver utilities) and it just is not seen.
If anyone has any workarounds or solutions, I would be grateful.

1strail wrote:
Of course now I have a red badge on the App Store that is asking me to update the Epson driver. I wonder if that will blow out the TWAIN driver. It's epson14333.dmg.
No. Your TWAIN drivers are separate than the Image Capture Device drivers that would be installed by the printer driver update.
Also, no way of getting rid of the badge notification in system preferences. App store is not listed.
There is no law that you must update software just because it is available. There is no way to get rid of the red badge, but you don't have to do the upgrade.

I have mac pro quad can i upgrade from leopard to lion on one of the hardrives and then drag all my protools sessions into from the leopard hardrive to the lion hardrive thanks

i run a commercial recording studio since 2009 and purchased a mac pro quad core with os x 10.5.8 and record with protools, it has now got to the point where i can no longer purchase plugins for protools because the operating system is to old i need at least snow leopard ,i have never upgraded and am concerned about losing any previous protools sessions and plugins ,it has been suggested to me to upgrade just one of the hardrives to snow leopard or lion or the latest system and then just open a protools session on the old osx hardrive and save to the new upgraded hardrive , is this possible? or has anyone any suggestions ,many thanks

You should seriously consider establishing a Boot drive, with only System, Library, Applications, and the hidden unix files (including Paging/Swap) on it. User files are moved off to another drive.
This makes maintaining the System and maintaining your User files much easier, and it makes your Mac faster in every way.
How to Move the Home Folder in OS X - and Why - Chris Pirillo
Japamac's Blog: Make Space for Performance-- Moving the Home Folder

Mac Pro 1.1 processor upgrade

I have a Mac Pro 1.1 and would request that this be put into i7 processor?
The machine has 2 x 3GHz dual core processor. If it can be replaced on what should be done?

No i7, different socket. You can upgrade processors to others:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/2079/3
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1025662
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http://www.waitingoutside.com/2010/02/upgrading-a-2006-apple-mac-pro-11-with-2-x eon-x5355-processors/

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