Video card recommendations for Lion?

Hi everyone - I'm still on Leopard but want to make the plunge to Lion. I've spent the last two nights trying to install SL then to Lion as recommended, but couldn't. I would get the Apple icon on install dvd boot, then the spinning wheel, then it would tell me to power off. Reset PRAM, the whole works. nothing. Finally stumbled upon some articles that mentioned that maybe it's my old video cards that were the culprit. So two questions:
1) Is that right? I have two of the video cards seen below, and I'd rather not spend money to upgrade if not necssary.
2) If it's the video cards, which I'm 95% sure of when reading the other articles - which is the best kind to get? By best - I mean least hassle. I'm OK to do a couple of things here and there, but rather not have to deal with firmware issues, flashes, etc.
Oh - I do have a CalDigit RAID card, but I don't think that's the culprit... (?)
Thanks in advance for your input.
Tri
Mac Pro 2,1
Quad-core Intel Xeon, 3 GHz (x2)
8 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT (Slots 4, 2)
CalDigit RAID card (Slot 3)

Wait until Lion has matured; wait for drivers and apps to be upgraded and tested.
And 7300GT is not much of a graphic card.
Heck, you might look into an 8-core X5355 upgrade which have become popular and cheap.

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