The video card is not as important. OS X Macs did not use the video card to assist with decoding (except for one or two G3s that had DVD decoders) until Snow Leopard and then only when using the 9400M card.
You need at least Dual 1 GHz (or any single G5) to get good 720p video (VLC and QuickTime H.264 will use the dual processing). At least 133 MHz bus helps a lot too.