Which Video card is best for movie editing?

I'm about to jump in and buy my first editing system and will be getting the Mac Pro 3GHz system. What I can't figure out is whether the standard NVIDIA GeForce 7300 will be enough for running FCP 5 and the other bundled programs like Motion 2 or even After Effects. Apple offers getting 2 or 3 of these cards before going up to the ATI X1900. Is there any benefit to doing that? Cost is a bit of a factor otherwise I'd just jump in and get the more expensive card. Does anyone have any advice on whether the standard should do the trick?

Ultimately it recommended that a 3GHz Mac Pro with the ATI X1900 XT and 4GB RAM or more be used for anyone using Final Cut Studio 5.1 (or higher whenever there is a higher).
Although if there were financial contraints and it we me, the first place I would start cutting is the processors and then leave them at the standard 2.66GHz. I wouldn't skimp on the GPU or RAM. One option you can take however is to go with the 3GHz model and with the standard Nvidia 7300GT and then buy the ATI card separately at a later time. While you do pay an extra $US150 for this it will aloow you to spread your costs a bit more.

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