Mixing Video Cards ATI 9600 and ATI 9200?

I've been using the stock AGP ATI card that came with the G5 and 2 PCI ATI 7000s to run 3 monitors. The problem is that I'm tired of going over to my Intel MINI to use iMovie. So what I'm doing is getting the ATI 9600 Pro with dual DVI/256MB for 2 of the 3 24in digital flats I use. My real question is about that 9200 PCI card, the specs say it supports OpenGL, Quartz and QuickTime, all fine but will it work with iMovie? Will the two conflict with each other? All of the scared to spend money hate to loose the third 24in monitor wet my pants questions we all have in these tough money times. I haven't been able to use iMovie on the G5 since version 6. I'm cross posting this on the G5 forum.
Thanks
J.

My G5 is the first generation only had the PCI slots not PCI-X alas. The DVI Splitter sounds good on the surface but what it does is mirror the signal from what i can see reading the manual at the Gefen site. What I have now are three independent desktops. The dual head ATI 9600 will give me 2 desktops and it looks like I will be the proud owner of a third 24in monitor that sits in the closet incase one of the others dies. Thanks for the information though. I've been really spoiled having a 3 monitor set up since the days of my old PowerMac 9600/350 with 3 20in Apple CRTs on it.
J.

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