Speculation mounts on ATI X800 scores

We expect these cards to be available only on PCI Express. We have no idea what availability will be like: we can only hope that there will be enough cards to satisfy demand. Both Nvidia and ATI are telling us that their shortage of high end cards is not a shortage, per se, but more an indication that demand for this generation of cards is huge - from both gamers and system builders. All new cards in the Ultra/XT PE class that the companies are making are going on back-orders