Third-party hardware upgrades to improve performance in AE?

Hey Folks,
Quick question.  Does anyone know of any third-party hardware cards that will improve performance in AE CS5?  I'm running a MacPro Quad-Core (two processor, 8 core) 3.2Ghz with 16GB RAM, 4TB internal drives on a MacPro Raid Card.  Ideally I'd love to get a card that would accelerate Photoshop and Final Cut as well.  Does anyone make third-party cards that do that?  Thanks,
Justin

Mylenium wrote:
No. Not since 15 years ago (ICE board for Final Effects).
Mylenium
Good lord. I had two--not one, but TWO--of those cool but utterly useless boat anchors.
We were a victim of marketing.
Bad software, unrealistic performance claims, and worthless support from a company that, when starting out, truly thought they had revolutionized the entire world of rendering effects on the NuBus Macintosh.
All that remains of those boards is a pocketful of lovely blue anodized CNC'd heatsinks.
bogiesan

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