All,

I'm wondering about the video card options for the original Quad 2.66 Mac Pro. I have the stock 7300 card and I've heard there are sometimes issues with running this card and Aperture. I'm thinking about getting Aperture, as well as thinking about Lightroom, but I haven't decided for sure yet. I'm running a trial of Aperture at the moment and haven't really noticed much of a problem, but I'm also not doing a whole lot with it. There have been a couple of times, since I installed the trial, that the screen took a bit of time to update, which is one of the problems of Aperture with the 7300, from what I gather. The X1900 and an Nvidia (IIRC) are listed as optional cards at www.everymac.com. Are these the only two card options? Any reason to spend the extra money on the Nvidia over the X1900? There seemed to be quite a difference in price when I checked at eBay.

Thanks for the help!
Sam