Mac Pro 1.1 Non Apple 5770 VS Apple upgrade kit 5770

Hello everyone,
I currently have a Mac Pro 1.1 3.0 GHz quard core, running 10.6.8 with a x1900 ATI grphics card. I want to upgrade the graphics cabibilty in this awesome machine.
I have seen and read posts about people putting in the "Apple upgrade kit" and it working just fine, but my qestion is can you get a ATI 5770 for $80 and it work fine just with no boot screen? Need some help on this issue before i spend the cash.
So again im asking would this card work for the Mac Pro 1.1 running 10.6.8? All that looks different is it had 2 DVI ports insead of one, and it doenst have the huge support bar that Apples does. Please let me know that you guys think.
http://www.ascendtech.us/ati-radeon-hd5770-1gb-gddr5-video-card_i_vc1gbatirhd577 0.aspx?agent=froogle

About the cheapest thing that is any good that actually works is this flashed GT120 from ebay seller MacVidCards (subject to availability):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nvidia-GT120-for-2006-07-1st-Gen-Mac-Pro-Dual-DVI-EFI32- works-with-ML-/330781491052?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item4d041cff6c
Note possible extended handling time on this item!
Or shop all items from this Mac-savvy seller:
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mke52, is your MP an Intel machine? If so, you need to upgrade to Snow Leopard.
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go right back with the mac with the missing part and demand it be returned. They have no right to keep it. Especially since no repairs were performed.

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Even easier: don't clone (well, you should have a couple backups already),
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Many Thanks
Noodlez.

Very few problems. Some try to do something w/ the wrong dual link active adapters or to use HDMI or something else. I know of very few let alone "numerous" reports. But 10's of thousands of Mac Pro 1,1 and above love it and are fine and happy - and you need 10.6.5 (10.6.8 of course has a much improved driver whereas 10.6.4-1/2 was OEM and basic shoddy and not on the retail 10.6.3 DVD).
ML use to be trouble on a 2008 3,1 too. At this day and age unless you have PowerPC apps plugins or drivers and hardware 10.8.3 is the way to go. And 10.8.3 opens up more graphic card choices too. Nvidia GTX series or AMD 79xx and EVGA has Mac Edition as does AMD have 7950.
Barefeasts.com has test results
I think you want to double check but "RETINA" is a MacBook Pro only and might be thinking of Thunderbolt, which will not connect to a Mac Pro. There still is a non-Thunderbolt 27" which is.

My Mac pro 2008, not running after the Apple logo, i rebooting and i rebooting

My Mac Pro 2008 no boot afther the Logo Apple, reboot, reboot and reboot only, and in XP, the graphic is pertubed with bad graphics ... the mémory it's good, and i thinks my card graphic is out. SRY for my english, it's not my language. Help my please, my apple care is finished 10/2011, and i will repared itself. Many thanks. Alain Muno

Not saying this IS your problem, but … I just went through avery similar problem with Mac Pro3,1. Here is my story.
On boot of any Mac OP system drive, internal or externalHDD, (Lion or Snow Leopard), original Mac Pro install CD, Snow Leopard CD,nothing. (Would only go to gray screen,apple logo, spinning gear that would stop spinning after about a minute.) But, it would boot on XP drive. However, in XP, on Windows black startupscreen, had alternating columns of two different patters of blue dots and XPgraphics were not as they should be (larger icons on desk top, slow response,different size of desk top (maybe 600x400 when it should have been1024x768). Supplied hardware test showedno failures. Took it to shop. Their better diagnostics showed nofailures. All peripherals (my drives, myCDs, etc, disconnected. (NOTE: they didnot try a new video card since they did not have one.) Still would not start even using their drives(external or internal). Shop tried a newlogic board. That did not work and theyput the original one back in. Shop saidall they could come up with was new processors. This was not a cost effective option and they had none to try.
After thinking about it more, I figured it could be thevideo card: the original 8800 GT that came with the Mac: that it was so bad itwould not start in Mac OS but would limp along in XP. I was all set to buy another vid card one-bay just to try. While doing thatresearch, came across several articles on the Internet that discussed vid cardfailure due to micro-cracks in some solder joints. These develop due to age/heat cycles. The proposed fix was to ‘reflow’ the solder. Figured it was worth a try before spendingthe money on a new vid card. Found thesedetailed instructions on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7um_hZYom4 I followed the procedure, put the vid cardback in, and now it works just fine.
I did not and would not do this until I had ruled outeverything else. But, it has worked forothers and it did work for me.

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