Need an opinion on video capture cards...

I need to record roughly 2 minutes of high-quality promotional video (480p at 60 FPS, ideally).
I only have a Powermac G5 dual 2 GHz at my disposal with 1.5 GB of RAM.
What are my options? I'm looking for something <$500, but slightly higher is an option.
I've looked at Black Magic cards <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://">http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/intensity/techspecs/ , but this one in particular will only work with Intel towers.
Anyone have any recommendations here?
Thanks,
-J
Message was edited by: JLowther

I think I may have another option here...
I do have a Macbook Pro at my disposal and this was recently released:
http://www.hauppage.com/site/products/hd_pvr.html
As long as I have boot camp, will this suffice?

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