Macpro 1st Gen Graphics Card Upgrade

After reading through several pages of post's on here I am still at a stand still on upgrading my original macpro 2.66ghz quad core. The reason I am upgrading the stock card is I cant handle the grainy look on my photos after using my same moniter with my new macbook pro. Also I am going to be using my bootcamp vista side to play bluray and hd dvds. I recently purchased the new buffalo dual external drive but the images are blury and after a hd video test my graphics card failed misserably. Can someone point me in the right direction. I want to spend around 275-300 shipped. My lcd display supports hdmi and all recent standards.

Start by posting in the appropriate forum. This is the MaBook Pro forum, not the Mac Pro forum.
There is a limited number of video cards you can use, and all but one is sold through Apple only. Go to the Apple Store Online to find an appropriate card. Note that some models will not work in your computer. The only card not sold by Apple is the ATI HD 3870.
You can find various benchmarks by doing some searching at Google, Feedback, Storage Review.

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