Projector as second screen

Hello all.
I'm looking at a mac pro which I hope to connect to my 20" LCD monitor (ok, this bit I know I can do!) and additionally, I'd like to connect it to my projector and use the projector as a second display.
Question is, is it possible to set up the second display with a resolution of 800x500 while the first display is running at 1600x1200? I could connect to the projector using either DVI or VGA.
thoughts and advice much appreciated!
MacMiniPPC, MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.8)

The 7300 can run the displays, but if you will be using applications that do a lot of graphics processing (such as Aperture) you may want to use a higher power board.

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