NVidia Quadro FX 4500 + nVidia GeForce 6600 = NOTHING

OK, so here's my problem...
I'm running a Quad core G5 with a nVidia Quadro FX 4500 as my main card. I have a Cintiq as my main display and now two 20 inch apple displays.
I've never been able to run three monitors on this machine.
Right now I have a nVidia GeForce 6600 "upgrade" card. I can get any combination of two displays to work on the 4500, but NOTHING works on the 6600. In the apple system profiler the 6600 card shows up as this:
pci0,400:
Type: VGA-Compatible Controller
Bus: PCI
Slot: SLOT-3
Vendor: nVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0393
Revision ID: 0x00a1
The 4500 is in slot 1, the 6600 is in slot 3. What the **** am I doing wrong?
Also, would it be possible for me to put 2 4500's in one machine? I have another G5 with a similar setup...
My goal is the have all three monitors working...
Thanks!

It is for Macs? has Apple EFI? if not, can't use it.
If you need Quadro, the new 4000 for $US 1,195.
If you need to know who and what apps benefit instead?
But if you just need a desktop graphic card, the ATI 5770 then for $249.

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BD has you going the right direction on RAM.
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