Upgrade Video Card To Something Else Other Then 8800GTS

I have a 8800GTS in my mac pro right now and when I play games I get some lag from it like bad frame rates and so on. I was wondering can you upgrade the card with a different one I have a 3850 ATI card but it doesn't have a Mac Pro check on it like the 8800 does on the bottom and I have some other 8800GTS cards as well they also don't have the check that applies to the Factory card. They are all from www.newegg.com and I was thinking if you can just put them in the Mac and away things go. I tried and I get a black screen and loud fan speeds. I let it sit for minutes to see if it's looking for drivers or if it takes longer because you are changing the card from Nvidia to ATI.
I'm not sure if its possible to change it.

You need an Apple version card for OS X. They need to have EFI firmware. That would be 8800GT. And Newegg doesn't sell (if they do, it would have to say "Apple" and "Mac Pro."
I have picked up an Apple version on Amazon from J&R.
eVGA cards have worked fine, kindof, flashed, as they have 128k ROM - but 10.5.6 'broke' or made changes, so there are risks.
You need this version:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB137Z/A
Or the 4870:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB999ZM/A

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