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The x800 XT PE runs Doom 3 great if you get the 4.9 beta drivers. I first played the game with the 4.7 drivers and it was a little choppy. The image quality wasn't that impressive either. The I got the 4.9 beta drivers, and it runs and looks great now. It runs as smoothly as Far Cry. The...

12 FPS is good eneough for me.

Gateway will get the cards later than most other places. You have a better chance getting the card at Best Buy and CompUSA. I preordered from bestbuy.com and got the x800 XT PE on July 7. I would give up on gateway. They don't know anything.

I also heard that the upcoming patch has problems with ati cards. I heard that they wll be utilizing 3Dc in a future patch. Basically, the upcominh patch will benefit nVidia owners, and a future patch may benefit ati owners.

BestBuy.com shipped a few x800 XT PEs on July 7. That was for preorders though.

I bought an x800 XT PE from bestbuy.com for $499.99, and received it July 7. I wouldn't count on gateway ever getting you that card. Seems like compusa and bestbuy are the 2 places you can get the card at MSRP.

I got an x800 XT PE from bestbuy.com. I preordered on May 27, and received the card on July 7.