Supported Video Cards

Hi Gang!
Does anyone know where i might be able to find a list of supported video cards for the Apple Cinema 23" HD display.
Our company finally upgraded our standard from the 20" ACD, and today we received our first 23" HD display. Woo Hoo!
I connected it to a Mac Pro 2 x 2.66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon with an nVidia GeForce 7300 GT 256 vram card (what the Mac was shipped with), and for some reason it's not responding as smoothly as the 20" did.
Figured i'd start with the card first.
Thoughts?

Hi-
Form mid way through the G4 PowerMac lne, all OEM graphics cards support the 20" and 23" Cinema Display's.
Simply, a DVI port equipped card capable of supporting 1920 x 1200 digital resolution.
All G5's, and of course, all MacPro machines have the ability to run the monitors.
Your 7300 GT is more than enough card to run the display.
No real "list", but.......
See System Requirements on the linked page.

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