What Craphics cards works ?

Trying to find out what goes in the world of Mac-Graphics cards.
Im trying out Aperture at the moment and i understand that a new card is deifinately on the wish list.
After reading specs and tech info regarding Aperture im a bit confused, "mac edition" goes for ATI cards and that i understand, but what goes for Nvidia 6800 GT DDL ?, is there a "mac edition" on that card to or can i buy any Nvidia 6800 GT DDL card, meaning is it the same card both for mac and PC ?
Does ALL cards for Mac have to be "mac edition" regardless of manufacturer ?
Could someone turn on the lights for me in this highly confusing subject?
Im trying to bump my G5 2 x 2 GHz, 4GB RAM, 500 GB HD from a 64 MEG Card to a 256 MEG card and right now i hardly know the time of day.
Mikael

The only Nvidia cards that will work in a Mac are sold by Apple. Others will not work. For a PCI-Express G5, the best card is the
ATI Radeon® X1900 G5 Mac® Edition RoHS 256MB PCI Express®
<http://shop.ati.com/product.asp?sku=3206129>

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