Will a 30" cinema display work on a powermac 1.6GHZ

Does anyone know if a 30" cinema display will work on a powermac 1.6 GHZ (roughly two years old), its says it needs PCI Express?? however looking on the apple support site for info the support is not too clear, neither when i phone them.
Here is the basic spec of the machine
Machine Name: Power Mac G5
Machine Model: PowerMac7,2
CPU Type: PowerPC 970 (2.2)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 1.6 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 1.5 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Chipset Model: GeForce FX 5200
Type: Display
Bus: AGP
Slot: SLOT-1
VRAM (Total): 64 MB
Vendor: nVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0321
Revision ID: 0x00a2
ROM Revision: 2060
i guess i need to upgrade the graphics card but is this possible, and if so will the Nvidia Geforce 6600 Graphics Upgrade Kit work ok or some other alternative. Just use the Mac for web design so not gaming so the cheaper the better.
thanks for the advice
dean

Yea, but you might want some performance with all those pixels as software tends to grow on you later on.
take a look at the ATI X800
http://www.ati.com/products/radeonx800/radeonX800xtme/index.html
Supports one Dual Link DVI (also can use regular DVI) and one ADC port (also can support a DVI with adapter) so it's got a lot of versatility
http://shop.ati.com/searchresults.asp?dept_id=31
Remember you have a Mac with a AGP port for a video card to plug into, not a PCI port like newer PowerMac's.
If you plan to spend the big bucks for a 30", you may want to get a decent card as AGP is going bye-bye. I doubt we will see any more improved AGP cards after this. While supplies last.
Your CPU is pretty weak, so it could use some help from a GPU if software takes advantage of it.

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