Multiple X1900XT video cards?

Can someone tell me whether it is possible to run multiple X1900XT video cards in the Mac Pro? I understand that there's only one double-wide slot, so mechanically, plugging in a second X1900XT would obstruct an additional PCIe slot. The question is whether OSX will support more than one X1900XT.
Thanx - Andy

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For about two weeks I was having trouble waking up the monitor from sleep. I would have to reboot the computer to see the screen.
Then the screen wouldn't wake up after many reboots. I tried the Apple Cinema Display on my MacBook Pro laptop an on an older Mac Mini. The display didn’t' work on any of them.
I then hooked up a Samsung monitor to all three computers in turn. The Samsung worked fine with each.
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I removed all the peripheral devices, still no joy.
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Now the Apple Display came back to life.
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If so - is there a fix?
Also open to other theories.
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