I've had no problems with Sandisk Extreme III 4 GByte and 8 GByte cards when I had my 5D. Both old (15 MByte/s) and new (30 MByte/s) editions seem to work equally good.
I found that old Ultra II cards (probably < 10 MByte/s) were too slow, but the current edition Ultra II cards specified at 15 MByte/s should work fine (I have no first-hand experience, though).
Sandisk makes cards even faster then the Extreme III, i.e. the Extreme IV and Dukati editions, but you will not noticed any difference in speed
in-camera, only in downloading through an equally (or faster) fast card reader. UDMA is a must if you want the fastest download speed, and - most likely - Firewire.
I've had no issues with either type of card (Ultra II vs Extreme III), but I have a friend who prefers the Extreme III for being able to be used at very cold temperatures (a Transcend card he had would stop working in freezing temperatures which the Extreme III continued to work just fine). The Extreme III cards have an extended temperature range for operation.
The limit for card capacity was between 2 GByte and 4 GByte capacity for older cameras (the 10D was limited to 2 GByte, while all cameras newer than that (20D and newer) all can handle more than 2 GByte). I expect the 5D can handle 32 GByte cards just like the 5D Mark II can. Can't say for sure though as I only got hands on a 32 GByte card after I sold my 5D - but I'm confident.
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